The Iconographical Subject ''Christ the Vine'' in Byzantine and Post-byzantine Art
Abstract
The iconography of Christ the Vine emerged and crystallized in Crete during the 15th century by the painter Angelos Akotantos. The development of the type coincided with the Council of Ferrara-Florence. Additionally, the certain features of the type corroborate the assertion that the latter was actually used as the pictorial representation of the arguments that were expressed in the pro-Unionist Council. In the following centuries, the reproduction of the type evolved in at least three iconographic variations. It should be noted that its symbolic meaning differs and changes according to the genre it is in, i.e. monumental painting, embroidery or minor arts. Finally, the type can either be associated with Old Testament elements or the dove of the Holy Spirit.
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MANTAS, A. G. (2011). The Iconographical Subject ’’Christ the Vine’’ in Byzantine and Post-byzantine Art. Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society, 24, 347–360. https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.393
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