The post-Byzantine iconography of the individual punishments of the sinners in the depiction of hell in Northwestern Greece. Differences and similarities to the Cretan school of painting

Abstract

In the article we are examining the iconographical differences which occur in the depictions of the punishments of the sinners in the scene of the Last Judgement from the two major schools of the 16th c. The representatives of the Cretan school appear exceptionally conservative while, those of the school of Thebes continue the common Paleologan tradition and create rather provoking and intense scenes. Following that, we make a general presentation of the churches of Northwestern Greece, where this particular subject appears during the 15th-17th c. examining the continuity or not of specific iconographical motifs.

Keywords

• post-byzantine iconography
• 15th-17th c.
• Second Coming (Last Judgment)
• Hell
• punishments of the sinners
• Northwestern Greece
• Epirus
• Thessaly
• Macedonia
• Cretan school
• school of Northwestern Greece or Thebes