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Symbolism of Light in Early Byzantine Art

The article defines and explains some of the basic concepts related to the use of light in Byzantine art, both real light and artificial lightening in the spatial disposition as well as symbolic meanings of light in specific iconographic schemes, such as Transfiguration. Dominant influence on the formation of the aesthetics of light in Byzantine culture was made by the patristic philosophy and theology ; therefore text and image are compared. Special accent is given to mosaic as the medium in which artists could manipulate material and techniques to obtain diverse symbolic compositions.

Byzantine art, theology, mosaic, light, space, color, Transfiguration, Poreč, Istria, basilica of Eufrasius

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