Open AccessOn the possible sources and creators of woodcut illustrations in the Octoechos (Tone 5-8) (1494)
Author(s) -
Vladimir Šimić
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
zograf
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.104
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2406-0755
pISSN - 0350-1361
DOI - 10.2298/zog1640159s
Subject(s) - woodcut , iconography , tone (literature) , the renaissance , style (visual arts) , art , painting , focus (optics) , workmanship , visual arts , art history , history , literature , physics , optics
Woodcut illustrations published in the Octoechos (Tone 5-8) in Cetinje in 1494 have long been the focus of researchers because of their exquisite workmanship. However, due to the lack of historical data, the questions regarding their sources and authors remain unsolved. Their complex style and composition indicate a dual origin: intertwining of the traditional Orthodox Serbian iconography with the new Venetian Renaissance motifs. This paper points to the city of Dubrovnik as a possible place of origin of some elements of illustrations, and seeks their authors among the local painters and goldsmiths. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. 177001: Predstave identiteta u umetnosti i verbalno-vizuelnoj kulturi novog doba