Alberti on Historia : a Renaissance view of the structure of significance in narrative painting

Author

Greenstein, Jack M.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Viator. 1990, Vol. 21, p. 273-299

ISSN

0083-5897

Abstract (en)

Argues that Alberti drew on ancient rhetoric, in which historia was a species of narrative, to promote an equation between painting and historia inherited from the Middle Ages. Late medieval thinkers regarded historia as the literal meaning of actual events that bore higher moral significance. Modeling his discussion on Quintilian, Alberti showed how artistic form invested a narrative painting with the multilevel significance of historia.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Italy
• Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472
• Art theory
• Italy
• 1400-1500
• Narrative
• Rhetoric
• History painting
• Writings
• De Pictura
• Painting

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Italie
• Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472
• Théorie de l'art
• Italie
• 1400-1500
• Narration
• Rhétorique
• Peinture d'histoire
• Ecrits
• De Pictura
• Peinture

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920101-00415053

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