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Et Verbum caro factum est – ikonografsko- ikonološko tumačenje mozaikâ Eufrazijeve bazilike u Poreču u kontekstu konačnog obračuna s arijanskim krivovjerjem

The article endeavours to offer a complete iconographic and iconological interpretation of the mosaics in the main apse and the triumphal arch of the Euphrasian Basilica in Poreč. Relying on previous analyses of their iconographic program, the author partially complements them, but also introduces significant corrections, in an effort to prove that this is a well-designed propagandistic project, dogmatic and political in its nature, reflecting the final confrontation of the state with Arianism, and its creation can more accurately be dated to the 550ies. The Poreč wall mosaics can thus be characterized as an excellently preserved example of a full symbolic presentation of the religious triumph of Justinian's reconquest, i.e. the victorious wars waged by the Byzantine Empire against the three Arian Germanic kingdoms in the western Mediterranean. Finally, the sheer proportions of the construction and lavish decoration of the southern basilica of the Poreč episcopal complex are a clear indicator of the conjunction between the central government, embodied in the person of Emperor Justinian, and the local Christian community whose main protagonist was Bishop Euphrasius.

Poreč, katedrala, Eufrazije, mozaici, ikonografski program, Justinijan, pravovjerje, arijanizam, 6. stoljeće

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