Altars and Wooden Sculpyure
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Relazione presentata la XX Colloquio dell'International Research Center for Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages della University of Zagreb. Session II: Images of Christianity and the (re) making of Christian identity Abstract: In... more
This article shows different approaches to the graphic representation of an altarpiece structure, bearing in mind its tridimensional nature, altarpiece type, and construction changes along the Art history. Also remarks the importance of... more
'An invaluable introduction to the figure of Luisa Roldán . . . Drawing on her own extensive archival research and decades of firsthand study of the sculpture, Catherine Hall-van den Elsen offers a sensitive analysis of the works while... more
This paper finally gives a name to the author of the beautiful Madonna del Suffragio, worshipped at the Madonna della Guardia Sanctuary, near Gavi (AL), and at the centre of a long story of popular devotion. The sculptor of the wooden... more
Full version (in Polish) available here: https://sklep.mnwr.pl/nowosci/256-migracje-sztuka-poznogotycka-na-slasku.html
La reciente restauración de la portada de la colegiata de Santa María de Calatayud, impulsada por el Departamento de Educación, Cultura y Deporte del Gobierno de Aragón, y llevada a cabo por la empresa Tracer Restauración y Conservación,... more
Accompagné d'une inscription dédicatoire, mentionnant à la fois un commanditaire et la date précise de 1470 autour de laquelle situer sa production, le retable de saint Anne se présente d'emblée comme une rareté dans le corpus de la... more
The article presents a polychrome wooden statue of the Madonna and Child in a private Belgian collection. The piece is attributed to the so-called Master of the enthroned St. Peter of Aufkirchen, active around 1330/40 in centres spread... more
This article is an approach to the remains of a Gothic tabernacle-shrine discovered in the church of Santa Maria de Cap d’Aran (Tredos, Naut Aran, Lleida) on 2014. The fragments preserved are from a type of liturgical furniture well known... more
in “Napoli Nobilissima”, 86, 2019, 3 (ISSN 0027-7835), pp. 64-68
Kniha mapuje oltáre 19. storočia v historicky a kultúrne bohatom regióne Spiša z pohľadu dejín umenia. Približuje ich vývoj, špecifické vplyvy (a importy) z bližšieho i vzdialenejšieho prostredia, držanie sa tradícii a implementácie... more
Ancona di Biasca; statue dell'ancona di Mairengo; sportelli provenienti da San Biagio, Ravecchia; statua di san Nicola, Monte Carasso; sportelli e sculture dell’ancona di Brugnasco; statua di sant’Antonio Abate, Mascengo; anconetta di... more
Im Zuge der Mechanisierung des Weltbildes in der Frühen Neuzeit gerieten Kraft und Bewegung zu den zentralen Themen der wissenschaftlichen Debatten. Die theoretische und kulturelle Bedeutung der Heiligenbilder für die katholische Kirche... more
The Greek iconostasis of the first half of the 18 th century displayed at he Museum of Russian icon is unique among collections in Russia. Close analogues can be found on one of the Ionian Islands, Cephalonia, which was under Venetian... more
The paper reconstructs the production of Michele Ferabosco from 1750 to 1773. Ferabosco belongs to the late Baroque season; his production mainly includes devotional works but also secular subjects such as allegorical figures for the... more
The Cassinas, wood sculptors, were originally from Cernobbio and had a workshop in Casale Monferrato. The two known exponents were Paolo Felice and Severino Felice. The workshop's activity extended over a large geographical area between... more
This study represents an approach to the murals of the church of Sant Miquel de Montmagastre (Artesa de Segre, Lleida), that were transferred to a new support in 1958 and now preserved in the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (inv. 66133,... more
L’exposició del MdA proposa al visitant una estada en una de les regions més desconegudes de la història de l’art a Catalunya, la del retaulisme. Hi trobarà algunes de les obres més interessants dels escultors amb més talent de l’època... more
In 1878, Hermann Buhl's carpentry company made a new altarpiece for the high altar in the former Knights Hospitaller church in Strzegom. Four relief cuts of unknown origin, late Gothic, are displayed within the neo-Gothic structure: The... more
Di recente è apparso nel mercato antiquario un dipinto su tavola inequivocabilmente ascrivibile al Maestro di Castelsardo, anonimo artista di formazione tardogotica at-tivo nei territori della Corona d'Aragona tra la fine del xv e gli... more
For the first time this article comprises and compares information on all Rastrelli’s (1700 - 1771) iconostases. Peculiarities of their architectural and ornamental décor are reviewed. It is shown that basic decisions regarding appearance... more