Published: 2022-10-03

“Bizantynism” and “Bizantian style” in the Discurse of the Committee for Care on Russian Icon Painting (1901-1918)

Dorota Walczak
Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings
Section: Rozprawy i Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2022.29.1.18

Abstract

The main purpose of this article is to indicate the references to Byzantine art that appear in the discourse of the Committee for Care on Russian Icon Painting (in Russian: Комитет попечительства о русской иконописи, 1901-1918) and to point to their ideological functions. The author tries to show whether and how Byzantine patterns were used in the publications of this institution (above all, in the Nikodim Kondakov icon podlinnik). She proves that the use of references to the art of Byzantium was an element of the program of religious revival postulated by Nicholas II, and perfectly matched the theocentric utopia created by the tsar.

Keywords:

Committee for Care on Russian Icon Painting, Byzantine, Byzantine style, patterns, styling, Nicholas II, Nikodim Kondakov

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Walczak, D. (2022). “Bizantynism” and “Bizantian style” in the Discurse of the Committee for Care on Russian Icon Painting (1901-1918). Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings, 29(1), 233–240. https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2022.29.1.18

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