Early Italian altarpiece and the contemplative practices of the mendicant orders
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2019-10-106-115
Abstract
Starting from the assumption that monks of mendicant orders were the primary and pre-eminent audience of early Italian polyptychs, the author considers them within the context of contemplative practices of those congregations, revealing parallels between texts of the 13th century, such as Meditations on the Life of Christ by Pseudo-Bonaventura, De modo orandi by St.Dominic and The Treatises on Preaching by Humbert of Romans on the one hand and specific images of polyptychs and their visual structure on the other hand. Based on these correspondences the paper attempts to extend understanding in the meanings and functions of early Italian altarpieces.
About the Author
O. A. Nazarova
National Research University Higher School of Economics; Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Olga A. Nazarova, Cand. of Sci. (History of Art)
bld. 20, Myasnitskaya str., Moscow, 101000, Russia; bld. 6, Miusskaya sq., Moscow, GSP-3, 125993, Russia
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Nazarova O.A. Early Italian altarpiece and the contemplative practices of the mendicant orders. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2019;(10):106-115. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2019-10-106-115
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