Language:
English
Year of publication:
2017
Titel der Quelle:
ARAM Periodical
Angaben zur Quelle:
31,1 (2017) 195-206
Keywords:
Jesus Transfiguration
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Christian art and symbolism
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Christian art and symbolism History
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Mural painting and decoration
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Shivta (Extinct city) (Israel) Antiquities, Byzantine
Abstract:
The Transfiguration constitutes one of the most important events in the New Testament. Yet, only few pre-iconoclastic examples of the Transfiguration scene have survived: S. Apollinaire in Classe, Ravenna, St. Catherine Monastery, Sinai and Poreć in Istria, each has its unique iconography. Therefore, scholars have concluded that the Transfiguration scene became widespread only after the iconoclastic controversy. We aim to show, that Transfiguration scene in Shivta, an early Byzantine settlement in the Negev desert, allows a glimpse into the early Christian iconography of the well-known scene, providing a missing link to its development in the post-iconoclastic period.
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