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Abstract
This study discusses artistic production in Rome in the first half of the Trecento. It challenges the common view that the papacy’s exodus to Avignon provoked a lengthy hiatus in artistic commission and production.
It is original in that it not only presents and discusses previously unstudied or overlooked material, but also offers a new interpretation of better known artworks (such as Pietro Cavallini’s mosaics for the façade of S. Paolo fuori le mura) by making use of neglected sources (including the seventeenth-century drawings reproducing the mosaics preserved in the National Gallery of Scotland at Edinburgh). It is significant as it identifies new patterns of patronage and new types of patrons (following the departure of the popes, the traditional art patrons in Rome in the earlier period). It also identifies new dynamics in the commission, production and function/use of art leading to a new understanding of the art in the Urbe during this period as 1) giving visual form to concepts of absence, presence and legitimacy, 2) “moving out” of churches and religious buildings and occupying façades, streets, city gates, civic buildings and public areas. This in turn has an impact on our broader understanding of Trecento art (as it demonstrates that Rome had more in common with Florence and Siena – on some occasions serving as a model - than with Avignon or Naples, as previously thought). The approach is highly interdisciplinary and all arguments are rigorously based on a combination of careful visual analysis with documentary and literary sources.
It is original in that it not only presents and discusses previously unstudied or overlooked material, but also offers a new interpretation of better known artworks (such as Pietro Cavallini’s mosaics for the façade of S. Paolo fuori le mura) by making use of neglected sources (including the seventeenth-century drawings reproducing the mosaics preserved in the National Gallery of Scotland at Edinburgh). It is significant as it identifies new patterns of patronage and new types of patrons (following the departure of the popes, the traditional art patrons in Rome in the earlier period). It also identifies new dynamics in the commission, production and function/use of art leading to a new understanding of the art in the Urbe during this period as 1) giving visual form to concepts of absence, presence and legitimacy, 2) “moving out” of churches and religious buildings and occupying façades, streets, city gates, civic buildings and public areas. This in turn has an impact on our broader understanding of Trecento art (as it demonstrates that Rome had more in common with Florence and Siena – on some occasions serving as a model - than with Avignon or Naples, as previously thought). The approach is highly interdisciplinary and all arguments are rigorously based on a combination of careful visual analysis with documentary and literary sources.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Images and Words in Exile. Avignon and Italy during the First Half of the 14th Century |
Subtitle of host publication | (Proceedings of the International Conference, 7-11 April 2011: Kunsthistorisches Institut, Florence, and Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon), Florence) |
Editors | Elisa Brilli, Laura Fenelli, Gerhardt Wolf |
Place of Publication | Florence |
Publisher | SISMEL Edizioni del Galluzzo |
Pages | 381-401 |
Number of pages | 20 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-88-8450-673-3 |
Publication status | Published - 30 Oct 2015 |
Publication series
Name | Millennio Medievale |
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Volume | 107 |
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The 'Long' Trecento: Rome without the Popes, c. 1305-1420
Bolgia, C.
1/07/09 → 1/07/10
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- 1 Participation in conference
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Kunsthistorisches Institut, Florence, and Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon, International Conference, Immagini e parole in esilio: Avignone e l’Italia alla prima metà del XIV secolo
Claudia Bolgia (Invited speaker)
7 Apr 2011 → 11 Apr 2011Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference