The Theophany images in religious painting based on the Old Testament: the image of the unimaginable
Abstract
This paper analyzes the Theophany images in religious painting based on the Old Testament. According to the sacred text, the author distinguishes the anthropomorphic, angel images as well as the images of the elements. The anthropomorphic image of the God is based on the Bible story of Creation and on the vision of “the Ancient of Days”, described in the Book of Daniel. The angel image of the God draws upon the Book of Genesis (visit of three angels to Abraham). God represented by cloud, storm, fire appears in stories about Sodom and Gomorrah, the Burning Bush, the Exodus, the Tent of Meeting and others. The article offers some examples of works by Mickelangelo Buonarroti, Karl Brullov, John Martin and Marc Chagall, where the above-listed images are embodied.
About the Author
S. A. Mitasova
Dmitry Hvorostovsky Siberian State Academy of Arts
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Svetlana A. Mitasova, D. Sc. (Culturology), Professor, Head of the Department of Social and Humanitarian Sciences and Art History
Krasnoyarsk, 660049
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Mitasova S.A. The Theophany images in religious painting based on the Old Testament: the image of the unimaginable. ARTE. 2021;(3):129-136. (In Russ.)
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