Perceptions of holiness in thirteenth-century Italian painting : Clare of Assisi

Author

Wood, Jeryldene

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art history. 1991, Num. 3, Vol. 14, p. 301-328, 9 ill.

ISSN

0141-6790

Abstract (en)

Examines the origins and cultural context of historiated paintings in Italy in the 13th c., relating the proliferation of historiated dossals of saints to the establishment of papal control over canonization in 1234 and the subsequent institutionalization of sainthood. Draws attention to the shift in 13th c. perceptions of sanctity, comparing Berlinghieri's dossal of S. Francis, 1235 (Pescia, S. Francesco) with the anonymous mid-13th c. S. Francis dossal in S. Croce, Florence. Focuses on the dossal of S. Clare by the S. Chiara Master in S. Chiara, Assisi, to explore the effects of hagiographical and pictorial conventions of the representation of saints in Duecento art.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Italy
• Master of S. Clare of Assisi, 13th c.
• Painting
• Italy
• 1200-1300
• Iconography
• Saints
• Life of S. Clare of Assisi
• S. Chiara||Assisi (ITA)
• Berlinghieri, Bonaventura, act.1228-1274
• S. Francis of Assisi
• S. Francesco||Pescia (ITA)
• S. Croce||Firenze (ITA)
• Canonization
• Popes
• Hagiography
• Francis of Assisi, S., 1182-1226
• Clare of Assisi, S., ca.1194-1253
• Influence

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Italie
• Maître de Sainte Claire d'Assise, 13~e s.
• Peinture
• Italie
• 1200-1300
• Iconographie
• Saints
• Vie de sainte Claire d'Assise
• S. Chiara||Assisi (ITA)
• Berlinghieri, Bonaventura, act.1228-1274
• Saint François d'Assise
• S. Francesco||Pescia (ITA)
• S. Croce||Firenze (ITA)
• Canonisation
• Papes
• Hagiographie
• François d'Assise, saint, 1182-1226
• Claire d'Assise, sainte, v.1194-1253
• Influence

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19921001-00429835

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