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Document Details : Title: Representing Identities Subtitle: The Icon of Ioane Tokhabi from Sinai Author(s): CHICHINADZE, Nina Journal: Le Muséon Volume: 130 Issue: 3-4 Date: 2017 Pages: 401-420 DOI: 10.2143/MUS.130.3.3259747 Abstract : The article focuses on identities represented on late 11th - early 12th century painted icon incorporating the image of donor and painter with representation of the Christological cycle and images of the Virgin. Iconographic program of the panel together with bilingual Greek-Georgian inscriptions constructs the self-identity of the Georgian priest-monk Ioane Tokhabi. Various visual and textual markers reveal the national, cultural, and religious identity of the donor. The icon demonstrates that the manifestation of the identities was one of the concerns for creators and/or commissioners of objects of devotional art. |
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