14/11/2006
Ripidia cherubim
It is worth noting that the wood sculptors were not restricted by the construction of magnificent and impressive works, but were also occupied with small objects, such as the cherubim, which were necessary for the liturgical needs of the churches. As we have mentioned timber is an inexpensive material and the offerings by the faithful were simpler.
Despite all this, these objects are valuable and constitute most noteworthy examples from the art of wood sculpture. We have observed such cherubim for example at the church of Aghios Nikolaos at Tsepelovo of Zagorion (1764), where they occupied their original position on the Sacred Altar, bundled with the monstrance.
Their decoration is sometimes mixed, namely sculptured and painted, such as Frangades (1780), where the Theotokos, Aghios Ioannis the Theologian and the Crucifixion have been depicted.
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