Images of the Garden of Eden in the Ornamental Decoration of the Church of San Vitale in Ravenna
On the Question of Influences and Models
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22355099 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elena A Khripkova (0000-0002-8101-680X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 18-37 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studia Religiosa Rossica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2658-4158 |
| Publisher | Russian State University for the Humanities (PUBLISHER • RU) |
| DOI | 10.28995/2658-4158-2023-3-18-37 |
| OpenAlex | W4387271194 |
| Language | EN |
The focus of this study is the ornamental mosaic decoration of the Church of San Vitale in Ravenna. The work analyzes and compares the images of the Garden of Eden in the presbytery of the Church of San Vitale with the ancient and early Christian monuments of Aquileia and Sicily, identifies iconographic and stylistic parallels, which allowed us to enrich and concretize existing ideas about possible patterns and influences of various art centers on the creation of monumental decorations of Ravenna churches
Ancient history · Art · Art history · Botany · Mosaic · Ornamental plant · Parallels · Ravenna · Visual arts · Architecture and Art History Studies · Engineering · History
| Highly cited | No |
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