带Griffin的面板 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	带Griffin的面板
品名（英）	Panel with a Griffin
入馆年号	2000年，2000.81
策展部门	中世纪艺术（Medieval Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1250 - 公元 1300
创作地区	制造于: 希腊或巴尔干半岛（可能）（Made in: Greece or the Balkans (possibly)）
分类	雕塑石（Sculpture-Stone）
尺寸	整体: 23 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 2 9/16 英寸 (59.7 x 52.1 x 6.5 厘米) weight: 91磅 (41.3kg)
介绍（中）	这幅狮鹫转动头部、翅膀弯曲的形象是拜占庭晚期或帕里奥洛根时代纪念性石雕的一个非常精细的例子。该面板以低浮雕形式工作，类似于精致的拜占庭丝绸，将生物排列在圆形内。四面边界中点的小希腊十字架表明它是为基督徒使用的。这个时代的基督徒仍然认为神话中的狮鹫是守护者，通常是死者的守护者，是权力和权威的象征，这在一定程度上要归功于他们在亚历山大大帝生活中的传奇角色。可能，该面板曾经是类似于希腊北部已知坟墓的一部分，这些坟墓的雕刻风格在塞尔维亚和巴尔干地区具有影响力。在坟墓上，狮鹫可能既意味着保护埋葬在里面的人，也象征着他们的皇室血统。狮鹫肩膀上的鸢尾花代表了这个时代复杂的文化相互作用，因为在当代伊斯兰和十字军对动物的描绘中也发现了类似的图案。
介绍（英）	This commanding image of a griffin with its head turned and its wing flexed is an exceptionally fine example of monumental stone carving of the Late Byzantine, or Palaiologan, era. The panel, worked in low relief, resembles an elaborate Byzantine silk in its arrangement of the creature within a roundel. Small Greek crosses at the midpoint of the border on all four sides identify it as having been made for Christian use. Christians of this era still considered the mythical griffins to be guardian figures, often of the dead, and symbols of power and authority, thanks in part to their legendary role in the life of Alexander the Great. Possibly, the panel was once part of a tomb similar to those known from northern Greece that were carved in a style influential in Serbia and the Balkans. On tombs griffins may have meant both to protect the people buried within and to symbolize their royal lineage. The fleurs-de-lis on the griffin's shoulder and haunch typify the era's complex cultural interplay, as similar motifs are found in contemporary Islamic and Crusader depictions of animals.