Zograf 2021 Issue 45, Pages: 103-130
https://doi.org/10.2298/ZOG2145103Z
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Mileševa, Sinai and “Crusader art”. A contribution to the study of thirteenth-century Byzantine painting
Živković Miloš (Institute for Byzantine Studies, SASA, Belgrade, Serbia), milos.zivkovic@vi.sanu.ac.rs
The paper proposes a stylistic link between the earliest wall paintings in
the Church of the Ascension at the Mileševa Monastery, previously usually
attributed to Thessalonian painters, and several icons from St. Catherine’s
monastery on Mount Athos. Based on their visual similarity, it questions the
earlier attributions of those Sinai icons, rejecting the view that they were
painted by Western Crusader artists. Furthermore, their ascription to
Byzantine artists is also supported by certain iconographic parallels with
corresponding details on the frescoes of Mileševa.
Keywords: Mileševa, St. Catherine’s monastery on Mount Sinai, Crusader art, Serbian medieval art, Byzantine art, thirteenth century