Specific research of Serbian Byzantine influence in Poland. Frescoes in the Monastery in Supraśl

Abstract

The paper is dedicated to the origin of the fresco paintings in the Annunciation Church of the Theotokos Monastery in Supraśl (Poland). The results of previous studies were presented. A description of the original layout of the frescoes was necessary to determine iconographic solutions that suggest the painters’ place of origin. In this context, the paper proposes the Balkan or Serbian origin of the style of the frescoes in Supraśl and some of their iconographic motifs and scenes.

Keywords

• Byzantine art
• Serbia
• Serbian art
• Saint Sava
• Saint Kliment of Ohrid
• Supraśl