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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture From: Christopher Crockett <[log in to unmask]> > Kurbinovo, if i remember rightly, is also classed among the works of the "Dynamic Style" of the second half of the 12th c. --perhaps the latest of the surviving exemplars (which surely included many lost ones, extending throughout the Empire, including the capital). poking around the numerous .jpgs on the orthodoxy-icons.com site, i came across these two, which show the scale of the place http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/ornaments/369-kurbinovo-the-church-of-st-george-1191-part-ii.html http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/ornaments/369-kurbinovo-the-church-of-st-george-1191-part-ii.html i never realized that it was so tiny --certainly the frescoes are "monumental" in effect (if not in size). there is also this remarkable detail from the Dormition scene http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304065064_kurbinovo0045.jpg *look* at the "dynamic" drapery pattern(s) there. and the expressive heads of the Apostles http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304065059_kurbinovo0047.jpg and of a standing Christ http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304065130_kurbinovo0090.jpg or the Virgin of the Nativity http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304065185_kurbinovo0095.jpg or John the Baptist http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304065161_kurbinovo0101.jpg or this wonderful, cadaverous head of Lazarus http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304065253_kurbinovo0106.jpg sometimes the "dynamic" drapery seems to go somewhat "Over the Top," loose something of their Clarity and descend into something which might be called "mannerism" http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304065150_kurbinovo0082.jpg http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304065101_kurbinovo0087.jpg [Angel from the Baptism scene] http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304065216_kurbinovo0103.jpg a sign, perhaps, that the style is getting a bit Long in the Tooth (to use a technical term), after at least 3 full generations of life. not to get all Iconographical, but this standing figure, nursing an infant http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304065225_kurbinovo0114.jpg i first thought was the *Standing* Virgin --a very unusual iconography. but, looking closer at the woman's face, and at the lack of a cruciform halo for the infant http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304065174_kurbinovo0113.jpg it seems to be St. Anne and the Virgin --or St. Elisabeth & John the B.? [i can't make out the accompanying inscription, which might be dispositive.] a quite unusual theme, at least in the West. c ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html