id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_j4by5m2dlrdufe7zxvdyra3gs4 Elizabeta Dimitrova Colourful sparkles of imaginary vistas: Saintly beauty in the eyes of the beholder 2013 10 .pdf application/pdf 7213 528 63 Key words: Beauty, Saintly images, Categories of saints, Warriors, Bishops, Holy Healers, Martyrs, Female saints warriors, the modest female saints etc., were always represented within the manner which predominantly expressed classification of the depiction of physical beauty in Byzantine painting, we are making an attempt to specify several Maguire, Disembodiment and corporality in Byzantine images of the saints, in: Iconography at the crossroads. the facial exposition, posture, costume and corporal expression of the saintly images became the main features of the saintly images, our chosen categories of holy personages (warriors, martyrs, physician saints, bishops, hermits, female saints) generate several distinctive typological determinants of sacral looks in the sphere of physical In that sense, the holy warriors are represented in characteristic "ready-for-action" poses, manifested through various gestures, while their images are the image of Saint Euphrosinos depicted in the church of image of Saint Makarios from the church of Panagia Olimpiotissa in Elasson (ca. ./cache/work_j4by5m2dlrdufe7zxvdyra3gs4.pdf ./txt/work_j4by5m2dlrdufe7zxvdyra3gs4.txt