LANDLADY FROM HELL. THE ICONOGRAPHY OF THE MEDIEVAL WALL PAINTINGS IN RIMAVSKÉ BREZOVO AND LIPTOVSKÉ SLIAČE

• Authors: Megyeši Peter
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The text deals with the iconography of the medieval wall paintings in the churches in Rimavské Brezovo and Liptovské Sliače. Both of these paintings of female figures holding vessels and beset by demons represent the specific motif of a landlady or tavern keeper suffering in Hell. Depictions of the figure of the landlady in combination with demons can be found throughout medieval Europe from the early 14th century until the early modern period, and negative portrayals of the character appear in numerous literary sources of the period. The preserved paintings in Rimavské Brezovo and Liptovské Sliače are valuable evidence of eschatological concepts and the ways in which they were disseminated in the 14th and 15th centuries.

Keywords

EN

RIMAVSKÉ BREZOVO; LIPTOVSKÉ SLIAČE; MIDDLE AGES; WALL PAINTING; ICONOGRAPHY; ESCHATOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of History of Art, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: ARS
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 54
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 170 - 177

Contributors

author

Megyeši Peter

• Centrum vied o umení SAV, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-841 04 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/ars-2021-0008