Archaism, Imitation, Provincialism? Notes on the Murals of Kosztolány / Kostoľany pod Tribečom
Béla Zsolt Szakács
The murals of the village church in Kosztolany (Kostoľany pod Tribecom, Slovakia) are among earliest preserved fresco cycles medieval Hungary. Because its state preservation and rudimentary character, cycle cannot be dated on basis stylistic analysis. itself is between ninth eleventh century. analyzed belong to first layer. iconography Infancy surprisingly archaic, including Early Christian elements. This has been explained as intentional archaism following same trend Venice early thirteenth century or an imitation important local prototypes - miniatures, perhaps, decoration monastery Zobor cathedral Nyitra (Nitra), both Slovakia now lost. type was popular region Rome from late context ecclesiastical reform movement, which also influential Hungary during rul...
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