Republicanism and tyranny in Signorelli's Rule of the Antichrist

Author

Riess, Jonathan B.

Document type

Article (acte de congrès)

Language

English

Conference title

Art and politics in late medieval and early Renaissance Italy, 1250-1500

Author (monograph)

Rosenberg, Charles M. (Editor, Collective Author)

Source

Art and politics in late medieval and early Renaissance Italy, 1250-1500. 1990, p. 157-185, 13 ill.

Publisher

University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Interprets the iconography of the fresco of the Rule of the Antichrist in the Cappella Nuova of the cathedral of Orvieto in light of the sermons of S. Vincent Ferrer, noting Signorelli's concern with the promotion of church power and his anxiety about contemporary disorder in papal Orvieto. Concludes that the message of the Antichrist fresco and related grisailles is that the defeat of tyranny will come only in the Last Days, that temporal authority is fated to follow in the path of Roman absolutism, and that only complete surrender to the authority of the Church offers hope to a world torn by conflict.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Italy
• Signorelli, Luca, 1445/50-1523
• Mural painting
• Italy
• 1500-1600
• Antichrist
• Assunta (cathedral)||Orvieto (ITA)
• Vincent Ferrer, S., 1350-1418
• Homilies
• Sources
• Iconography
• Politics
• Church
• Bible, N.T., Revelation
• Orvieto (ITA)
• Christian iconography

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Italie
• Signorelli, Luca, 1445/50-1523
• Peinture murale
• Italie
• 1500-1600
• L'Antéchrist
• Assunta (cathédrale)||Orvieto (ITA)
• Vincent Ferrier, saint, 1350-1418
• Homélie
• Sources
• Iconographie
• Politique
• Eglise (institution)
• Bible, N.T., Apocalypse
• Orvieto (ITA)
• Iconographie chrétienne

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920101-00420129

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