What Old Testament Events Can the Iconography of Baptism in Ancient Monuments of Art Tell About?

Abstract

The article is devoted to the compositional element of the ancient images of the Baptism of the Lord, which is incomprehensible to most modern viewers. The column crowned with a cross at the feet of Jesus Christ in the waters of the Jordan River, probably from the perspective of ancient theologian artists, has a very specific indication of the Old Testament history of the Jewish people.

Keywords

Baptism; Epiphany; Jesus Christ; Jordan river; Joshua; Jericho;

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НАУЧНЫЕ ТРУДЫ
Санкт-Петербургской
академии художеств

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Issues of the Russian Art Development

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What Old Testament Events Can the Iconography of Baptism in Ancient Monuments of Art Tell About? // Scientific Papers of St Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts'68. Issues of the Russian Art Development. 2023 СПб. : СПб. акад. художеств, 2024. 280 с. C. . https://doi.org/10.62625/2782-1889.2024.68.68.003

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