Beards that matter. Visual representations of Patriarch Ignatios in Byzantine art
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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.
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Patriarch Ignatios / eunuch / beard / iconography of saints / individualismSource:
Зограф, 2017, 41, 25-36Publisher:
- Београд : Филозофски факултет- Институт за историју уметности
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- Tradition, Innovation and Identity in the Byzantine World (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-177032)
DOI: 10.2298/ZOG1741025K
ISSN: 0350-1361
WoS: 000435444900003
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85049562396
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Византолошки институт САНУ / Institute for Byzantine Studies SASATY - JOUR AU - Krsmanović, Bojana AU - Milanović, Ljubomir PY - 2017 UR - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/9219 AB - 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. PB - Београд : Филозофски факултет- Институт за историју уметности T2 - Зограф T1 - Beards that matter. Visual representations of Patriarch Ignatios in Byzantine art SP - 25 EP - 36 VL - 41 DO - 10.2298/ZOG1741025K UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_9219 ER -
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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 .