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Beards that matter. Visual representations of Patriarch Ignatios in Byzantine art

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Krsmanović, Bojana
Milanović, Ljubomir
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Војводић, Драган
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The paper discusses twelve visual depictions that in all likelihood represent St. Ignatios of Constantinople and were created between the ninth and the thirteenth century. Most of these depictions show Patriarch Ignatios beardless, which reflects the fact that he was a eunuch of the ἐκτομίας category. The paper analyzes two iconographical elements distinctive of his portraits: beardlessness and youthful appearance. It concludes that, on the one hand, the artists who painted the beardless portraits of Ignatios strove to depict the saint as realistically as possible; while, on the other hand, his beardless and youthful appearance also had a metaphorical meaning and served to highlight the chastity and purity of the eunuch saint.
Keywords:
Patriarch Ignatios / eunuch / beard / iconography of saints / individualism
Source:
Зограф, 2017, 41, 25-36
Publisher:
  • Београд : Филозофски факултет- Институт за историју уметности
Funding / projects:
  • Tradition, Innovation and Identity in the Byzantine World (RS-177032)

DOI: 10.2298/ZOG1741025K

ISSN: 0350-1361

WoS: 000435444900003

Scopus: 2-s2.0-85049562396
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https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_9219
URI
https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/9219
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meaning and served to highlight the chastity and purity of the eunuch saint.
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author = "Krsmanović, Bojana and Milanović, Ljubomir",
year = "2017",
abstract = "The paper discusses twelve visual depictions that in all likelihood represent St. Ignatios of Constantinople and were created between the ninth and the thirteenth century. Most of these depictions show Patriarch Ignatios beardless, which reflects the fact that he was a eunuch of the ἐκτομίας category. The paper analyzes two iconographical elements distinctive of his portraits: beardlessness and youthful appearance. It concludes that, on the one hand, the artists who painted the beardless portraits of Ignatios strove to depict the saint as realistically as possible; while, on the other hand, his beardless and youthful appearance also had a metaphorical
meaning and served to highlight the chastity and purity of the eunuch saint.",
publisher = "Београд : Филозофски факултет- Институт за историју уметности",
journal = "Зограф",
title = "Beards that matter. Visual representations of Patriarch Ignatios in Byzantine art",
pages = "25-36",
volume = "41",
doi = "10.2298/ZOG1741025K",
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Krsmanović, B.,& Milanović, L.. (2017). Beards that matter. Visual representations of Patriarch Ignatios in Byzantine art. in Зограф
Београд : Филозофски факултет- Институт за историју уметности., 41, 25-36.
https://doi.org/10.2298/ZOG1741025K
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_9219
Krsmanović B, Milanović L. Beards that matter. Visual representations of Patriarch Ignatios in Byzantine art. in Зограф. 2017;41:25-36.
doi:10.2298/ZOG1741025K
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_9219 .
Krsmanović, Bojana, Milanović, Ljubomir, "Beards that matter. Visual representations of Patriarch Ignatios in Byzantine art" in Зограф, 41 (2017):25-36,
https://doi.org/10.2298/ZOG1741025K .,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_9219 .

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