THE SOCIOLOGICAL ASPECT OF ESCHATOLOGY IN MACEDONIAN FRESCO PAINTINGS

Abstract

The themes with eschatological meaning take аn important ѕро! in Macedonian religious painting. ln this paper, we will try (о capture "Qll the ѕосјаl elements built into the complex theological themes ој the compositions with eschatological content, (о identify the ,еаѕоnѕ јо, their appearance within а certain ѕосјаl and [јте dimension and determine the injluence that they ~aYe had and still have оn the соnѕсјоиѕnеѕѕ ој believers. А work ој art persists and acts in аn inseparable bond with а! lеаѕ! three constituent elements: the author ој the work, who even though јѕ аn individual, nevertheless lives and acts within certain ѕосјаl relations; the medium i.e. "the matter" through which the рјесе јѕ realized; and the receiver, ј. е. соnѕите, ој the рјесе ој art. Весаиѕе ој this, researching the sociallyhistoric dependence and functions ој the themes with eschatological meaning, that is [о ѕау, the way јn which the social pulse rejlects through the piece ој art аѕ both а conditional and constituent element, will take а central role.