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DOI Artikel:Dobrzeniecki, Tadeusz; Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie [Mitarb.]: St. Anne from Faras in the National Museum in Warsaw
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1. St. Anne, the Cathedral in Faras (Sudan), Warsaw, Muzeum Narodowe
In order to be able to define more precisely the psychophysical ąualities of the image of St.
Anne of Faras, we shall first indicate some parallel Coptic examples bccause of the affinities
between the Coptic and Nubian paintings13.
Figural painting, developing at a steady pace between the 6th and 9th century, survived in
Egypt, notably in St. Jeremiah's monastery at Saqqarah and St. Apollonius' monastery at Bawit.
B a w i t: 1. Two-zonal painting in the sixth niche of the chapel, 6th cent. The upper zone
features Christ enthroned, in a mandorla, surrounded by four creatures from EzekieFs prophecy.
The centrę of the bottom zone shows Hagia Maria on a throne, with Infant Jesus, assisted by
the Apostles and two Evangelists (Fig. 6)14. 2. St. Bishop Abraham's icon from the Bawit mo-
nastery (Fig. 7), represented with the attributes of his dignity: a maphorion, the book of the
Gospels. Stylistically, the icon is related to the wali paintings at Bawit (6th cent.). The frontal
lay-out of the whole figurę calls attention, an clongated fiat face, and the rather schematic
character emphasised by the linear, symmetrical arrangenemt of the lineaments of the face and
the thick dark contour15.
13. P. Du Bourguet, „La peinture murale copte. Qiielcrues problemes dcvant la peinture murale nubienne" in: Kunst und
Geschichte Nubiens in chrisllicher Zeit. Ergeonisse und Probleme auf Grund der jiingsten Ausgrabungen. Hrsg. von E. Din-
kler, Recklinghausen, 1970, p. 303—308; M. Cramer, Das christlich-koptische Agypten einst und heule. Eine OrieiUicrung,
Wiesbaden, 1959, p. 68—75: Gibt es eine koptische Kunst?
14. Ch. Ihm, Die Programme der christlichcn Apsismalerei vom vierlen Jahrhundert bis sur Milte des achten Jahrliunderls, Wies-
baden, 1960, p. 200, pl. XXV, 1.
15. L. Ouspensky —W. Lossky, Der Sinn der Ikonen, Bern und Olten, 1952, fig. on p. 121; H. Zaloscer, Die Kunst im chrisllichen
Agypten, Wien-Miinchen, 1974, Fig. 75.
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In order to be able to define more precisely the psychophysical ąualities of the image of St.
Anne of Faras, we shall first indicate some parallel Coptic examples bccause of the affinities
between the Coptic and Nubian paintings13.
Figural painting, developing at a steady pace between the 6th and 9th century, survived in
Egypt, notably in St. Jeremiah's monastery at Saqqarah and St. Apollonius' monastery at Bawit.
B a w i t: 1. Two-zonal painting in the sixth niche of the chapel, 6th cent. The upper zone
features Christ enthroned, in a mandorla, surrounded by four creatures from EzekieFs prophecy.
The centrę of the bottom zone shows Hagia Maria on a throne, with Infant Jesus, assisted by
the Apostles and two Evangelists (Fig. 6)14. 2. St. Bishop Abraham's icon from the Bawit mo-
nastery (Fig. 7), represented with the attributes of his dignity: a maphorion, the book of the
Gospels. Stylistically, the icon is related to the wali paintings at Bawit (6th cent.). The frontal
lay-out of the whole figurę calls attention, an clongated fiat face, and the rather schematic
character emphasised by the linear, symmetrical arrangenemt of the lineaments of the face and
the thick dark contour15.
13. P. Du Bourguet, „La peinture murale copte. Qiielcrues problemes dcvant la peinture murale nubienne" in: Kunst und
Geschichte Nubiens in chrisllicher Zeit. Ergeonisse und Probleme auf Grund der jiingsten Ausgrabungen. Hrsg. von E. Din-
kler, Recklinghausen, 1970, p. 303—308; M. Cramer, Das christlich-koptische Agypten einst und heule. Eine OrieiUicrung,
Wiesbaden, 1959, p. 68—75: Gibt es eine koptische Kunst?
14. Ch. Ihm, Die Programme der christlichcn Apsismalerei vom vierlen Jahrhundert bis sur Milte des achten Jahrliunderls, Wies-
baden, 1960, p. 200, pl. XXV, 1.
15. L. Ouspensky —W. Lossky, Der Sinn der Ikonen, Bern und Olten, 1952, fig. on p. 121; H. Zaloscer, Die Kunst im chrisllichen
Agypten, Wien-Miinchen, 1974, Fig. 75.
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