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- Title
DER KAMPF DES GLAUBENS GEGEN DIE GÖTZENANBETUNG. EINE MORALISIERENDE DARSTELLUNG AUF DEM PORTAL DER EVANGELISCHEN KIRCHE IN FRECK/AVRIG (KREIS HERMANNSTADT/SIBIU).
- Authors
CORNEANU, CONSTANTIN SEBASTIAN
- Abstract
The article analyzes the carved decorations of the door of the Evangelical Church of Avrig, Romania with an emphasis on the depiction of faith and idolatry in a carving alleged inspired by the poem "Psychomachia" by Prudentius. Information is provided on the history of the church, the other carvings surrounding the door, and the depiction of the struggle between good and evil exhibited in the piece. Allegorical elements in the piece are examined and information is offered on the overarching themes of the carvings on the door.
- Subjects
ROMANIA; CHURCH decoration &; ornament; CHURCH buildings; EVANGELICAL churches; FAITH in art; IDOLATRY in art; PSYCHOMACHIA (Poem); ART &; literature; PRUDENTIUS, 348-ca. 413; GOOD &; evil in art
- Publication
Forschungen zur Volks- und Landeskunde, 2014, Issue 57, p69
- ISSN
0015-7902
- Publication type
Article