The artistic achievements of the sculpture of Studenica culminate in four
portals of the Virgin's Church, primarily the west one, inside between the narthex and the exonarthex. On the north wall under the dome, there is a window made of many square panes with medallions carved on a leaden plaque which represent eight fantastic animals - the symbols of the Virgin's virtues. There are also two
rosettes denoting the
Divine Eye. The masons came to Studenica most probably from the
Adriatic region, perhaps from
Kotor, where Nemanja used to have a palace. They left an inscription in
Serbian lettering on the
tympanum of the west portal. The Virgin's Church was painted in the first decade of the 13th century. The original
frescoes have been partly preserved in the
altar area, under the dome, on the west wall, and in the lower registers of the nave. The most splendid representation is that of the
Crucifixion, painted on blue background in 1209, one of the paramount achievements in
Serbian art. On the south wall there is the "founders' composition" which shows the Virgin taking
Nemanja (Simon) with the church model to
Jesus Christ as the
Magistrate Impartial. The narthex was painted in 1569. Those frescoes include an exquisite representation of the
Last Judgment in the upper registers and the portrait of Nemanja's wife Ana as the nun
Anastasia. The earliest fresco painting in King's church marks the supreme achievement of
Byzantine art in the region. The frescoes in Radoslav's narthex and the parecclesions originate from the 1230s and display a close relation to the painting style of the main church. The north chapel, dedicated to
St. Nicholas, contains a composition of the
Hetoimasia and a cycle dealing with the life of St. Nicholas. In the south chapel, one finds the portraits of Nemanja,
Stefan the First Crowned and King Radoslav with his wife Ana. On the north wall of the narthex, three dignitaries of the
Serbian Church are portrayed - the archbishops Sava,
Arsenije and
Sava II (Radoslav's brother). ==Burials==