Language of Space in Byzantine Iconography

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Part one: Theory of Sentences in Byzantine Iconography

1.Sacrament and Byzantine Iconography

2.Structural sources of Iconography

3.Structural Iconography, Scenic Iconography and Iconographic Canon

4.History of Structural Iconography

5.Space in Byzantine painting

6.Ilumination of Epiphanic Light

7.Ladder of Contemplation

8.Parallels of binocular intelligence

9. Binocular reverse construction

10.Sacral role of pictorial plane

11.Movement of animated forms

12.Nonequivalen mirror inversion

13.Similarities with descriptive geometry

14.Ignoring the perspective system

Comments

Part two: Thеогу of Words in Byzantine Iconography

I.Sacred Light

1.Backgrounds

1.1. Golden Background

1.2. Blue Background

1.3. Red Background

1.4. White Background

1.5. Yellow Background

2.Nimbuses

2.1.Vortex of space in Nimbuses

2.2.Varicoloured Nimbuses

2.3.Radiant Nimbuses

2.4 Nimbuses of persons, depicted in their lifetime

3.Hierarchial interlacings of Nimbuses

3.1.Interlacings of Christ Nimbus

a)In the Infant and Holy Virgin

b)In the meeting of the Lord

c)In the wedding at Cana Galilee

d)In the Last Supper

e)In the Judas’ Kiss

f)In the Descent from the Cross (Complaint, Laying into the tomb)

g)In the Dormition

3.2. Interlacings of Holy Virgin's Nimbus

3.3. Interlacings of of other Nimbuses

4.Movements of the inscribed Cross in the Nimbus of Christ

4.1.Inscribings the Cross

4.2.Movements of the Cross and the Arms

4.3.Combined movements

4.4.Displacements of the vertical Arm

4.5.Exceptions

4.6.The fourth Arm of the inscribed Cross

5. Nimbuses and heads

6.Mandorlas and Auras

6.1.Christ’s Mandorla

6.2. Auras

7.Radiances

7.1.Independent Radiances

7.2.Radiances with Christ's figure

8.Clouds

9.Assits

10.Spheres

II.Essences

1.Epiphanic Fluids

1.1.Baptismal garment of incorruptibility

1.2.Seas and lakes

1.3.Rivers

1.4.Waters flowing from vessels

1.5.Blood of Crucifixion

2.Oval vessels

3.Oval wells and fountains

4.Caves

4.1.Caves in the Nativity of Christ and the Crucifixion

4.2.Caves in the Resurrection of Adam and Eve

5.Edifices

5.1.Paired edifices

5.2.Opened edifices

5.3.Models

6.Fortresses

7.Earth base

8.Scrolls

9.Suppedaneums

9.1.Oval Suppedaneums

9.2.Linear Suppedaneums

9.3.Two-composite Suppedaneums

10.Tables

10.1.Oval tables

10.2.Linear tables

III.Effects

1.Interlacings

1.1.Interlacings between anthropomorphic figures

1.2.Cruciform Interlacings

1.3.Interlacings between legs

1.4.Interlacings between bodies and tables

1.5.Interlacings between bodies and objects

1.6.Interlacings between bodies and architecture

1.7.Interlacings with earth base

1.8.Architectural interlacings

1.9.Superpositions

1.10Overlappings the frame

2.Levitations

3.Translations (displacements)

4.Varied-scalabilities

5.Depiction of several actions in one scene

6.Transparencies

7.Shadows

Comments

A few words for a final

Information about contributions of the thesis

Summary in Greek language

Summary in Italian language

Summary in Russian language

Sources