“The Parable of the Country” and “Georgia”: The Bagrationis' Allegorical Paintings

Authors

  • Tsira Kilanava

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32859/kadmos/2/48-63

Keywords:

Postmedieval discourse, verbal/visual narrative, allegory, the Bagrationi family

Abstract

The article examines allegorical paintings created by two members of the Georgian royal family in the 18th–19th centuries, which reflect the state of the country. Both works are analyzed within their contemporary historical context, and their shared fundamental semiotic codes are identified.

Downloads

Published

2010-12-28

How to Cite

Kilanava, T. (2010). “The Parable of the Country” and “Georgia”: The Bagrationis’ Allegorical Paintings. Kadmos. A Journal of the Humanities, (2), 48–63. https://doi.org/10.32859/kadmos/2/48-63

Issue

No. 2 (2010): Kadmos. A Journal of the Humanities

Section

Articles

License

Copyright (c) 2010 Tsira Kilanava

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Authors retain the copyright. They grant the journal the right of first publication and permit the use of their work under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license, which allows others to download and share articles, provided that Kadmos. A Journal of the Humanities is credited as the source. The works derived from them can be used for noncommercial purposes only.