Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This contribution aims to investigate the evolution and the characterisation of the iconography of the hero Digenis Acritas, a famous Byzantine literary figure. The hero's appearance on ceramic artefacts alone makes it possible to develop a discourse on the ultimate intentions of the artists and owners of such ceramics, by means of a cross-comparison of literary and historical sources from the mid-Byzantine period.
Source: Fenestella Inside Medieval Art
Author: Giulia Ghilardi
Institution: University of Bologna
Language: English
Subfield: Classics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405889478