The river of life in the medieval mosaics of S. Maria Maggiore in Rome
- Author
- Lloyd, Joan E. Barclay
- Document type
- Article (livre)
- Language
English
- Book title
- Reading texts and images : essays on medieval and Renaissance art and patronage in honour of Margaret M. Manion
- Author (monograph)
- Muir, Bernard J. (Editor, Collective Author); Steele, Peter (Collective Author)
- Source
- Reading texts and images : essays on medieval and Renaissance art and patronage in honour of Margaret M. Manion. 2002, 35-55, 9 ill.
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press, Exeter (gbr)
- Publication country
- United Kingdom
- Abstract (en)
- Depictions of rivers in Hellenistic and Roman art, especially the genre of "Nilotic landscape," are examined as sources for the River of Life motif in Jacopo Torriti's apse mosaic in S. Maria Maggiore, Rome. Compares it with the artist's apse mosaic at S. John Lateran, and with other early Christian and contemporary mosaics. Considers the ways in which the S. Maria Maggiore mosaic differs subtly from earlier Christian iconography, and suggests further biblical texts which may have influenced Torriti. Observes that he incorporated Christian symbolism into the traditional classical treatment of scenes. Assesses the meaning of the river within the overall iconographic programme of the apse. Notable Franciscans were associated with the commissioning and making of the mosaic, and Franciscan imagery probably imbues the decorative programme. Concludes by demonstrating that the Franciscan S. Bonaventure's sermons for the Feast of the Assumption are a likely source of inspiration for the river imagery.
- Subject (en)
- General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Pictorial arts -- Mosaics -- Italy
- S. Maria Maggiore||Roma (ITA)
- Mosaics
- Apses
- Christian iconography
- River of Life
- Torriti, Jacopo, act.1280-1296
- S. Giovanni in Laterano||Roma (ITA)
- Rivers of Paradise
- Roman [style]
- Hellenistic
- Nile River and Valley
- Franciscans
- Bonaventura, S., cardinal, 1221-1274
- Homilies
- Italy
- 100-1300
- Art
- Rivers (fleuves)
- Subject (fr)
- Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Mosaïque -- Italie
- S. Maria Maggiore||Roma (ITA)
- Mosaïque
- Abside
- Iconographie chrétienne
- Fleuve de vie
- Torriti, Jacopo, act.1280-1296
- S. Giovanni in Laterano||Roma (ITA)
- Fleuves du Paradis
- Romain (art)
- Hellénistique (art)
- Nil, fleuve et vallée
- Franciscains
- Bonaventure, saint, cardinal, 1221-1274
- Homélie
- Italie
- 100-1300
- Art
- Fleuve
- Origin
DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)
Identifier20030101-00097582
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