The Power of Statues in Byzantium

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_19228
dc.contributor.author	De Zordi Elena
dc.title	The Power of Statues in Byzantium. The Wooden Effigy of Saint George in Omorfokklisia as a Talismanic Device
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	Sculpture in Byzantium was viewed with suspicion. However, in Omorfokklisia, near Kastoria, is preserved a thirteenth-century wooden effigy of Saint George that defies this assumption. The colossal dimensions – the height reaches almost three meters – and the all-relief technique, typical of ancient statuary, detach it from all the rest of the Byzantine production. It is thus argued that this object was specifically manufactured following the model of classical monumental sculpture to enhance the power already indwelling in the depiction of a saint.
dc.relation.ispartof	Quaderni di Venezia Arti
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2023-12-22
dc.dateAccepted	2023-10-30
dc.dateSubmitted	2023-09-17
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-771-5/the-power-of-statues-in-byzantium/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-771-5/014
dc.identifier.eissn	2784-8868
dc.identifier.isbn
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-771-5
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Byzantine sculpture
dc.subject	Macedonia
dc.subject	Palaiologan Renaissance
dc.subject	Saint George
dc.subject	Wood

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The Power of Statues in Byzantium

The Wooden Effigy of Saint George in Omorfokklisia as a Talismanic Device

Elena De Zordi Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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Sculpture in Byzantium was viewed with suspicion. However, in Omorfokklisia, near Kastoria, is preserved a thirteenth-century wooden effigy of Saint George that defies this assumption. The colossal dimensions – the height reaches almost three meters – and the all-relief technique, typical of ancient statuary, detach it from all the rest of the Byzantine production. It is thus argued that this object was specifically manufactured following the model of classical monumental sculpture to enhance the power already indwelling in the depiction of a saint.

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Dec. 22, 2023

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Oct. 30, 2023

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Sept. 17, 2023

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978-88-6969-771-5

Keywords: Wood • Byzantine sculpture • Macedonia • Palaiologan Renaissance • Saint George

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