This article discusses the architectural backgrounds visible in Melkite Annunciation icons from Aleppo, Hama, Damascus and Latakia in Syria, dating from the middle of the seventeenth century to the end of the nineteenth century. The architectural backdrops of Annunciation icons and the architectural perspective are represented through the technique of reverse perspective. In order to emphasize that the event took place in a real place, the house of Virgin in the city of Nazareth.
The Construction of Architectural Background of Melkite feast icon, the Annunciation icon as an example / ABOU ACKL, Rand. - In: CHRONOS. - ISSN 1608-7526. - 38/2018:Vol 38 (2018): Chronos - Revue d'Histoire de l'Université de Balamand(2019), pp. 147-170. [10.31377/chr.v38i0.346]
The Construction of Architectural Background of Melkite feast icon, the Annunciation icon as an example
Rand abou ackl
2019
Abstract
This article discusses the architectural backgrounds visible in Melkite Annunciation icons from Aleppo, Hama, Damascus and Latakia in Syria, dating from the middle of the seventeenth century to the end of the nineteenth century. The architectural backdrops of Annunciation icons and the architectural perspective are represented through the technique of reverse perspective. In order to emphasize that the event took place in a real place, the house of Virgin in the city of Nazareth.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
