The "zograph" model of orthodox painting in Southeast Europe 1830-1870
The "zograph" model of painting from 1830 to 1870 represents a important period of development in sacral Orthodox Christian art in the Ottoman Empire. It was formed as a component part of the church revival from 1830 to 1870 and a unified supra-national cultural model in South East Europe....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institute for Balkan Studies SASA
2003-01-01
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| Series: | Balcanica |
| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-7653/2003/0350-76530334385M.pdf |
| Summary: | The "zograph" model of painting from 1830 to 1870 represents a important period of development in sacral Orthodox Christian art in the Ottoman Empire. It was formed as a component part of the church revival from 1830 to 1870 and a unified supra-national cultural model in South East Europe. The "zograph" model of Orthodox Christian painting shows that the region of "European Turkey" did not represent a civilization void, exclusively dominated by an ethnic folkloric culture, but a specific cultural model, conditioned by political, social and religious conditions. |
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| ISSN: | 0350-7653 |