{"id":1411,"date":"2020-12-07T19:29:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T19:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arthistory.tsu.ge\/murals\/?post_type=painting&p=1411"},"modified":"2022-01-12T06:50:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T06:50:25","slug":"pia-murals-of-the-church-of-st-theodore","status":"publish","type":"painting","link":"https:\/\/arthistory.tsu.ge\/murals\/painting\/pia-murals-of-the-church-of-st-theodore\/","title":{"rendered":"Pia, Murals of the Church of St. Theodore"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Building:<\/strong><\/td>\nPia, Church of St. Theodore<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Layer of the Murals:<\/strong><\/td>\nOne Layer<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date\/Period:<\/strong><\/td>\n10th c.<\/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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Inscription(s)<\/h4>\n

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

Initially, the church was fully plastered. Presently, fragments of plastering have remained in the chancel, namely, in the conch and the window. Murals have been preserved fragmentarily in the conch and the west wall of the church that had suffered fire.<\/p>\n

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Chancel<\/h6>\n

A monumental figure of Christ seated on a throne with pedestal and set with gems is depicted in the conch. His right hand is raised in blessing, while with the left hand He is grasping an open Gospel rested on His left knee at the top (John 8:12). Christ is represented without a mandorla. It is difficult to claim whether Christ\u2019s figure had been flanked by hosts of angels or seraphim. In this regard it is important to consider interrelation between Christ\u2019s monumental figure and the area of the conch. Considering this, it is less likely that two archangels\/angels had been depicted next to enthroned Savior; presence of seraphim next to the throne seems more likely. Plastering on the chancel walls below the conch is fully destroyed which makes it impossible to say whether the composition of Christ in Majesty<\/em> was represented only in the conch or was laid out in two registres.<\/p>\n

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Aisle<\/h6>\n

A cross with elongated proportions and flared ends is outlined in red paint immediately on the masonry in the center of west wall<\/strong>, at a height at a height of about two meters.<\/p>\n\n

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Bibliography<\/h4>\n

Givi Gap\u2019rindashvili, \u201c995 ts\u2019. khurot\u2019modzghvrebis dzegli nasop\u2019lar p\u2019iashi\u201d [\u201cArchitectural Monument of 995 in the Former Village of P\u2019ia\u201d], Sakartvelos metsnierebat\u2019a akademiis moambe [Bulletin of the Georgian Academy of Sciences]<\/em> XVII, \u21168 (1956): 761\u20132.<\/p>\n

Tat\u2019jana Shevjakova, Monumental\u2019naja Zhivopis\u2019 Rannego Srednevekov\u2019ja Gruzii [Monumental Painting of the Early Medieval Georgia]<\/em> (Tbilisi, 1983), pl. 111.<\/p>\n

Zaza Skhirtladze, \u201cP\u2019reskis p\u2019ragmenti p\u2019ias ts\u2019. t\u2019evdores eklesiis sakurtkhevelshi\u201d [Fragment of Fresco in the Church of St. Theodor in P\u2019ia\u201d], Sak\u2019art\u2019velos metsnierebat\u2019a akademiis mats\u2019ne: istoriis, ark\u2019eologiis, etnograf\u2019iisa da khelovnebis istoriis seria [Proceedings of Georgian Academy of Sciences: Series of History, Archeology, Ethnography, and Art History]<\/em> 3 (1988): 171\u20138.<\/p>\n

Devi Berdzenishvili, Irine Elizbarashvili, Nikoloz Vacheishvili, Javakhet\u2019i: istoriul-khurot\u2019modzghvruli gzamkvlevi [Javakheti: Historical-Architectural Guide] [Guide of Georgia: II]<\/em> (Tbilisi, 2000), 108, pl. 333.<\/p>\n

Nana Burch\u2019uladze, \u201cP\u2019iis ts\u2019. t\u2019evdores eklesiis mokhatuloba\u201d [\u201cMurals of the Church of St. Theodor in P\u2019ia\u201d], in Valeri Asatiani ed., Akhaltsikhisa da tao-klarjet\u2019is epark\u2019ia [Diocese of Akhaltsikhe and Tao-Klarjeti]<\/em> (Tbilisi, 2013), 608\u20139.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3406,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":[],"layer":[298],"period":[446],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.tsu.ge\/murals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/painting\/1411"}],"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\/5"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.tsu.ge\/murals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.tsu.ge\/murals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"layer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.tsu.ge\/murals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/layer?post=1411"},{"taxonomy":"period","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.tsu.ge\/murals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/period?post=1411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}