The sepulchre on the facade : a re-evaluation of Sigismondo Malatesta's rebuilding of San Francesco in Rimini

Author

Ettlinger, Helen S.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes. 1990, Vol. 53, p. 133-143, 3 ill.

ISSN

0075-4390

Abstract (en)

Discusses the church as remodelled by Leon Battista Alberti. Refutes the theory that the two blind arches on either side of the main door were originally intended to be open to receive two sarcophagi. Argues instead that one sepulcher was intended--probably in the space above the door--for Sigismondo's pious elder half-brother Galeotto Roberto. In this way, the holy body could be brought back into the dynastic association of the church (the Malatesta family tombs were within) while still conforming with Galeotto Roberto's expressed desire to be buried on the exterior of the church. In so doing, Alberti would have preserved both the architectural and historical integrity of the Roman triumphal arch which was the basis for his facade design.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Architecture -- Italy
• Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472
• Architecture
• Tempio Malatestiano||Rimini (ITA)
• Churches
• Italy
• 1400-1500
• Facades
• Patronage
• Malatesta, Galeotto Roberto, d.1432
• Sepulchral monuments
• Triumphal arches
• Roman [style]
• Sources
• Symbolism

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Architecture -- Italie
• Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472
• Architecture
• Tempio Malatestiano||Rimini (ITA)
• Eglise [édifice]
• Italie
• 1400-1500
• Façade
• Mécénat
• Malatesta, Galeotto Roberto, m.1432
• Monument funéraire
• Arc de triomphe
• Romain (art)
• Sources
• Symbolisme

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920401-00423136

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