Les saints iconophiles durant l'iconoclasme et leur representation dans l'art byzantin
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Abstract EN:
This study concerns the history of the iconophile saints and their images. Devoted defenders of the veneration of icons, during the period of iconoclasm in byzantium (from 726 to 843), they faced exile and persecution, sometimes up to death. Our task consisted in observing the witness of the texts and images bear, verifying their evolution and concordance, researching the relations between them and, finally, determining the artistic procedures employed for the transmission of spiritual and historic messages. The informations drawn out by the studied documentation, confirm the important role played by the saints, as principal factors as far as the restoration of icons is concerned thus, they made certain and assured the continuation and the evolution of byzantine art.
Abstract FR:
Ce travail concerne l'histoire de saints iconophiles et leur representation. Defenseurs devoues de la veneration des econes durant la periode de l'iconoclasme byzantin (726-843), ces personnages ont affronte l'exil, la persecution, arrivant parfois jusqu'a la mort. Notre but etait d'observer le temoignage des textes et des images, de verifier leur evolution et concordance, de rechercher les relations entre eux, et determiner les procedures artistiques utilisees pour la transmission des messages spirituels et historiques. Les renseignements tires par la documentation etudiee, affirment le role important de ces saints dans le retablissement des icones en tant qu'acteurs principaux determinant et assurant ainsi la suite et l'evolution de l'art byzantin.