Krawczuk, Ołeksij; Ostaszczuk, Iwan (Wydawnictwo Towarzystwa Naukowego Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego, 2022)
The main function of judicial themes in art is the representation of justice. This article examines the problem of the dialogue of law, religion and art on the example of the image of the Last Judgment, which represents the idea of higher justice, sanctioned by God as the Supreme Judge. On the basis of comparative-historical, semiotic and hermeneutic methods, the question of the genesis and essence of the Christian idea of the Last Judgment was singled out on the basis of narratives of Egyptian and ancient Greek myths and texts of the Holy Scriptures. The main images and symbols of this plot are studied, namely: Christ the Judge, St. Michael, libra and psychostasis. Examples of the Last Judgment in church iconography and art are given.
