Relief panels on a three-light window from Lesnovo. Proposing an interpretation of the semiotics of carved motifs
Affiliation:
1. Filozofski fakultet, Institut za istoriju umetnosti, Beograd
Abstract
The paper explores the semiotic meaning of relief panels from a three-light
window on the northern facade of the naos of the Church of Archangel Michael
and St. Gavrilo of Lesnovo at the Lesnovo Monastery (1340/1341).
Iconographically derived from tombstones and objects of everyday use, their
geometrical and zoomorphic decoration seems to suggest that the ktetor and
his family believed in the protective power of the symbols and signs carved
on them.
Publisher
National Library of Serbia
Subject
Archaeology,Visual Arts and Performing Arts,History,Archaeology