{"id":1177,"date":"2020-12-02T14:10:42","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T14:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arthistory.tsu.ge\/murals\/?post_type=painting&p=1177"},"modified":"2022-01-10T06:07:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T06:07:32","slug":"adishi-murals-of-st-george-church","status":"publish","type":"painting","link":"https:\/\/arthistory.tsu.ge\/murals\/painting\/adishi-murals-of-st-george-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Adishi, Murals of the Church of St. George"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Building:<\/strong><\/td>\nAdishi, Church of St. George (\"Jgrag\")<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Layer of the Murals:<\/strong><\/td>\nOne Layer<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date\/Period:<\/strong><\/td>\n11th-12th cc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Donor(s):<\/strong><\/td>\nUnknown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Painter(s):<\/strong><\/td>\nUnknown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Inscriptions<\/h4>\n

of the Donor(s)<\/h6>\n
of the Painter(s)<\/h6>\n\n
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Description<\/h4>\n

The whole interior of the church, the chancel screen and the northern fa\u00e7ade are decorated with murals; the earthquake caused considerable destruction to the structure and its painting, although it is still possible to discern scenes and images and, accordingly, to identify the program.<\/p>\n

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Chancel<\/h6>\n

The conch represents a three-figure composition of the Deesis<\/em>: enthroned Christ is encircled in a mandorla (\u10a8(\u10a4\u10b1)<\/strong>\u10c3<\/strong> || [<\/strong>\u10b5(\u10b0\u10a8\u10b1\u10b2)\u10a4<\/strong>] \u2013<\/strong> Jesus Christ<\/strong>)<\/strong> and full-length images of the Virgin and St. John the Baptist are facing towards Christ with their hands raised in supplication. The Savior is depicted with an open book (the inscription on the book is illegible).<\/p>\n

In the second registre, half-length figures of holy fathers are distributed irregularly: only one figure of Basil the Great (\u10bc<\/strong>(\u10ab\u10a8\u10a3\u10a0)<\/strong>\u10c2<\/strong> || <\/strong>\u10a1\u10a0\u10b1\u10a8\u10aa\u10a8<\/strong> \u2013 <\/strong>Saint Basili<\/strong>)<\/strong> is depicted left of the window (on the north), while the right side (on the south) shows St. John Chrysostom (\u10bc<\/strong>(\u10ab\u10a8\u10a3\u10a0)<\/strong>\u10c2<\/strong> || <\/strong>\u10a8\u10ad\u10a0\u10ac\u10a4<\/strong> [<\/strong>\u10ad\u10b5\u10b0<\/strong>]|<\/strong>\u10ad\u10ae\u10a8\u10b0\u10a8<\/strong> \u2013 Saint John Chrysostom<\/strong>) and an image of another bishop (presumably St. Nicholas ([…]<\/strong>\u10aa<\/strong>[…])<\/strong>. The bishops are represented with their right hands in blessing and closed codices.<\/p>\n

A broad geometrical ornament runs along the bottom of the second registre.<\/p>\n

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Chancel screen<\/h6>\n

Painting has survived on the architrave of the three-span chancel screen \u2013 it is covered with floral patterns.<\/p>\n

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Aisle<\/h6>\n

The painting in the upper registre of the south<\/strong> wall<\/strong> (vault) is destroyed. the scene of St. George Saving a Youth from Captivity<\/em> is depicted in the lower row.<\/p>\n

Hardly any painting has survived in the upper registre (vault) of the north<\/strong> wall<\/strong>; according to the extant small fragments, it must be the scene of Torture of St. George on the Wheel <\/em>(only the feet of the figures and the swords fixed to the cart have survived). The lower registre shows taming of the dragon and liberation of the princess, so-called Miracle of the City of Lasia.<\/em><\/p>\n

The west<\/strong> wall<\/strong> is completely dedicated to the scene of Christ Blessing the Holy Warriors. <\/em>The center of the upper edge of the wall shows Christ\u2019s image to the chest inscribed in a semi-circle. He crowns the holy warriors with His hands stretched out. There are standing frontal figures of St. George (\u10bc<\/strong>(\u10ab\u10a8\u10a3\u10a0)<\/strong>\u10c2<\/strong> || <\/strong>\u10a2(\u10a8\u10ad\u10b0\u10a2)\u10a8<\/strong> \u2013 Saint George<\/strong>) in the southern half of the wall, and St. Theodore (\u10bc<\/strong>(\u10ab\u10a8\u10a3\u10a0)<\/strong>\u10c2<\/strong> || <\/strong>\u10a7(\u10a4\u10a5\u10a3\u10ad\u10b0)\u10a4<\/strong> \u2013 Saint Theodore<\/strong>) in the north. St. George is depicted holding a spear and a shield, while St. Theodore has a spear and a sheath in his hands. The tympanum shows Christ Emmanuel (<\/strong>\u10a8<\/strong>[-]<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

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Fa\u00e7<\/strong>ade<\/h6>\n

The north<\/strong> fa\u00e7ade<\/strong> is dedicated to the warrior saints: St. George kills Diocletian, St. Theodore slays a dragon. The saints are both facing to the west.<\/p>\n\n

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Bibliography<\/h4>\n

Aneli Volskaia, \u201cKedlis mkhatvroba sop. adishis ts\u2019. giorgis eklesiashi\u201d [\u201cWall Paintings of the Church of Saint George in Adishi\u201d], Dzeglis megobari [Monument\u2019s Friend]<\/em> 18 (1969): 53\u20138.<\/p>\n

Ekaterina Privalova, Pavnisi<\/em> (Tbilisi, 1977), 77\u20139.<\/p>\n

Natela Aladashvili, Gajane Alibegashvili, Aneli Vol\u2019skaja, Zhivopisnaja shkola Svaneti [The Painting School of Svaneti]<\/em> (Tbilisi, 1983), 121\u20133.<\/p>\n

Tat\u2019jana Shevjakova, Monumental\u2019naja zhivopis\u2019 rannego srednevekov\u2019ja Gruzii [The Monumental Painting of the Early Medieval Georgia]<\/em> (Tbilisi, 1983), 17\u201325.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3394,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":[],"layer":[298],"period":[446],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.tsu.ge\/murals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/painting\/1177"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.tsu.ge\/murals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/painting"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.tsu.ge\/murals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/painting"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.tsu.ge\/murals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.tsu.ge\/murals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.tsu.ge\/murals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"layer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.tsu.ge\/murals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/layer?post=1177"},{"taxonomy":"period","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.tsu.ge\/murals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/period?post=1177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}