Vizantijskaja derevjannaja skul'ptura

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the Byzantine wooden sculpture, least known and conserved segment of artistic creativity in Byzantine empire. All such artefacts, well known to experts for a long time, are commented in the text. These art objects are observed in comparison to the so-called minor sculpture as well as to the other other types of sculpture. Also special emphasis is on the problems of style of the sculptural works in question.

Keywords

• Medieval art
• Byzantine wooden sculpture
• Vita icon
• style
• iconography