Storytelling in Christian Art from Giotto to DonatelloYale University Press, 2006 M01 1 - 353 páginas Recounting the biblical stories through visual images was the most prestigious form of commission for a Renaissance artist. In this book, Jules Lubbock examines some of the most famous of these pictorial narratives by artists of the caliber of Giovanni Pisano, Duccio, Giotto, Ghiberti, Brunelleschi, Donatello and Masaccio. He explains how these artists portrayed the major biblical events, such as: the Sacrifice of Isaac, the Annunciation, the Feast of Herod and the Trial and Passion of Jesus, so as to be easily recognizable and, at the same time, to capture our attention and imagination for long enough to enable us to search for deeper meanings. He provides evidence showing that the Church favoured the production of images that lent themselves to being read and interpreted in this way, and he describes the works themselves to demonstrate how the pleasurable activity of deciphering these meanings can work in practice. This book is richly illustrated, and many of its photographs have been specially taken to show how the paintings and relief sculptures appear in the settings, for which they were originally designed. Seen from these viewpoints, they become more readily intelligible. Likewise, the starting point and the originality of Lubbock's interpretations lies in his accepting that these works of art were primarily designed to help people to reflect upon the ethical and religious significance of the biblical stories. The early Renaissance artists developed their highly innovative techniques to further these objectives, not as ends in themselves. Thus, the book aims to appeal to students, scholars and the general public, who are interested in Renaissance art and to those with a religious interest in biblical imagery. |
Contenido
12981311 | 15 |
III | 85 |
IV | 115 |
14011465 | 143 |
V | 149 |
VI | 175 |
VII | 205 |
Ghibertis Gates of Paradise | 227 |
Donatellos Pulpits in San Lorenzo | 245 |
Visible Speech | 269 |
Some factors affecting | 292 |
339 | |
Photograph Credits | 353 |
Términos y frases comunes
Alberti altar altarpiece Annunciation architecture argues artists Betrayal biblical Brancacci Chapel Brunelleschi Caiaphas carved cathedral centre century chapter Christian Church composition Crucifixion cycle depicted Diatesseron disciples Donatello doors Duccio Duomo E. H. Gombrich episodes evidence figures Florence Baptistery frame fresco Gates of Paradise geometric gilded bronze Giotto Giovanni Pisano Gospels hand Head of St Herod images Italian Joachim Joseph Judas justice Krautheimer Last Judgement Lazarus London looking Lorenzo Ghiberti Maestà Magi Manetti marble Mary Masaccio Massacre Meditations Notes to pages oblique overlapping painter painting Passion panel perhaps perspective photograph pictorial narrative picture Pilate Pilate's Pisa cathedral Pisa pulpit Pistoia pulpit priests pulpit Fig relief sculpture Renaissance Resurrection right-hand San Lorenzo scene Scrovegni Chapel seems seen sequence showing side Siena Siena Cathedral spectator spective St John St Peter story suggest Temple tier tion Trial of Jesus Tribute Money viewpoint Virgin visual