Dormition of the Mother of God fresco

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The Dormition of the Mother of God fresco is a renowned 13th-century Byzantine-style wall painting at the Sopoćani Monastery depicting the Virgin Mary's peaceful death surrounded by the apostles and Christ.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine-style painting
fresco
wall painting
appliedOn plaster
artForm fresco painting
mural painting
associatedWith Nemanjić dynasty
country Serbia
culture Byzantine
Serbian medieval
depictionDetail Christ holding the soul of the Virgin Mary
apostles gathered around the Virgin's bier
depicts Jesus Christ
surface form: Christ

Dormition of the Theotokos
surface form: Dormition of the Virgin Mary

Virgin Mary
apostles
peaceful death of the Virgin Mary
function didactic religious image
liturgical decoration
hasArtisticMovement Byzantine art
hasGenre Christian art
religious art
hasStyle Byzantine
hasSubject Dormition of the Theotokos
surface form: Dormition of the Mother of God

Jesus Christ
Virgin Mary
apostles
heritageContext medieval Serbian Orthodox monastic art
iconographicType Dormition of the Theotokos
inception 13th century
locatedIn Raška region
church of the Holy Trinity at Sopoćani
materialUsed pigments
notableFor expressive figures
high artistic quality
monumental composition
partOf Sopoćani Monastery
interior decoration program of Sopoćani Monastery church
period Middle Ages
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
timePeriod 13th century

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Sopoćani Monastery hasFresco Dormition of the Mother of God fresco
Studenica school of painting notableWork Dormition of the Mother of God fresco
this entity surface form: Dormition of the Mother of God fresco at Studenica