Vol. 6 No. 32 (2017)

Research Article

From the Byzantine Icons to Today the Madonna and Child Motif in Art

Published 2017-05-20

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Bizans İkonalarından Günümüze Sanatta Meryem ve Çocuk Motifi

Bu çalışmada, Bizans ikonalarından günümüze Meryem ve Çocuk motifinin sanat tarihsel süreç içindeki evriminin örnekleri ile birlikte araştırılması amaçlanmıştır. Kaynaklarını eski uygarlıklardan alan Bizans ikonalarının günümüze kadar yüzlerce yıldır süren etkilerini, Hristiyanlığın yayıldığı tüm coğrafyalarda ve farklı dönemlerin sanatsal ifadelerinde görmek mümkündür. Ağırlıklı olarak resim sanatından örneklerin yer aldığı bu çalışmada, konuya ilişkin örnekler, yazılı ve görsel kaynaklar üzerinden araştırılarak incelenmiştir. Bu araştırma göstermiştir ki çok uzun yıllar tekrar eden bu ana motif, geçmişteki kadar olmasa da sanatsal alanda halen varlığını sürdürmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler Meryem ve Çocuk, Bizans ikonaları, Rönesans Sanatı, Modern Sanat, Postmodern Sanat

Abstract

In this study, it is aimed to investigate the motifs of the Mary and Child from the Byzantine icons to present day with the examples of the evolution in the art historical process. It is possible to see the influence of the Byzantine icons, whose sources are based on the ancient civilizations, for many hundreds of years, in all the geographies spread by Christianity and artistic expressions of different periods. In this study, which mainly includes examples of painting arts, examples related to the subject were investigated through written and visual sources. This research has shown that this main motif, which has been repeating for many years, still exists, although not as much as it was before.

Keywords Mary and Child, Byzantine icons, Renaissance Art, Modern Art, Postmodern Art

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