TEOLOGICAL BASIS FOR ANASTASIS SCENE IN BYZANTINE ART
BİZANS SANATI’NDA ANASTASİS SAHNESİNİN TEOLOJİK TEMELLERİ

Author : Zeliha ŞENEL
Number of pages : 296-311

Abstract

Anastasis, according to Christian faith, is the event that Jesus descends into the Hell after his death at the cross. Religious sources claim that Jesus won a victory against death just before his resurrection and rescued the innocent unbaptized souls staying in the Hell by taking them to the Heaven. Although, the meaning of Anastasis event can be complex in religious terms, Anastasis scene just includes the depiction of Jesus rescuing Adam, Eve and John the Baptist from Hell. Although resurrection, victory against Satan and evil, breaking Hades’ gates are often associated with the scene, a narrow implementation depicting Jesus rescuing Adam and some information in apocryphal sources points out that a different explanation of Anastasis event can be constructed. The aim of this work is to show the original religious message of Anastasis and to explain how it had changed due to the effect of Helenistic Culture.

Keywords

Byzantine Art, Anastasis, Descent into Hell, Resurrection

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