Евангелисты
Evangelists
история:
Евангелисты
The evangelists are the 'authors' of the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John). They were often depicted as scribes from the early christian period on. The rendering of their figures is often accompanied by, or conflated with, the evangelist symbols. Other types of depictions of the evangelists include scenes of Saint John on Patmos (found in manuscripts of the Book of Revelation, or Apocalipse) and of Saint Luke making a portrait of the Virgin and Child (an image ultimately of Byzantine derivation, which is encountered most often in Books of hours).

Symbols of the evangelists derived from the Old Testament visions of Ezekiel and the vision of Saint John in the Apocalipse. In the West, the beasts of Saint John's vision are usually associated with the evangelists as follows: Matthew is represented by a man; Mark by a lion; Luke by a bull; and John by an eagle. The symbols may appear alone, either with attributes (wings, haloes, and books) or without ('terrestrial' symbols); they may identify accompanying evangelist portraits; or they may be conflated with human figures to form zoo-anthropomorphic evangelist symbols.

автор:
Анджелико Ф.
Fra Angelico »
название:
Тетраморф
Tetramorph
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Сольвычегодск: музей историко-худ.
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