Peltae subacquee e specchiature marmoree

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_5043
dc.contributor.author	Marchetti Luca
dc.contributor.author	Spampinato Beatrice
dc.title	Peltae subacquee e specchiature marmoree. La forma dell’acqua tra storia dell’arte e filosofia
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	it
dc.description.abstract	This paper focuses on two canonical representations of water in 12th-century Venetian churches: (i) the so-called ‘peltae pattern’, usually defined as ‘geometric decoration’ and recognized as the symbol of water; and (ii) the ‘marble slab’, usually included among non-iconic decorations and recognized as il mare. Why did the medieval masters represent the same natural element in the same type of location in these two different ways? Our hypothesis is that (i) represented the turbulent water of terrestrial life, while (ii) represented heavenly water. We argue that support for both claims can be found by retracing the sources of the two decorative models and looking at them from an art historical point of view, and by analyzing them from a philosophical and perceptological standpoint in order to retrieve universal perceptual patterns that can sustain the iconological reading.
dc.relation.ispartof	Quaderni di Venezia Arti
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2020-12-22
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-463-9/peltae-subacquee-e-specchiature-marmoree/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-462-2/003
dc.identifier.eissn	2784-8868
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-463-9
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-462-2
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	no
dc.subject	Marble slab
dc.subject	Marble slab
dc.subject	Medieval mosaic floor
dc.subject	Medieval mosaic floor
dc.subject	Peltae pattern
dc.subject	Peltae pattern
dc.subject	Shape of water
dc.subject	Shape of water
dc.subject	Visual perception
dc.subject	Visual perception

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Peltae subacquee e specchiature marmoree

La forma dell’acqua tra storia dell’arte e filosofia

Luca Marchetti Università degli Studi di Milano, Italia

Beatrice Spampinato Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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This paper focuses on two canonical representations of water in 12th-century Venetian churches: (i) the so-called ‘peltae pattern’, usually defined as ‘geometric decoration’ and recognized as the symbol of water; and (ii) the ‘marble slab’, usually included among non-iconic decorations and recognized as il mare. Why did the medieval masters represent the same natural element in the same type of location in these two different ways? Our hypothesis is that (i) represented the turbulent water of terrestrial life, while (ii) represented heavenly water. We argue that support for both claims can be found by retracing the sources of the two decorative models and looking at them from an art historical point of view, and by analyzing them from a philosophical and perceptological standpoint in order to retrieve universal perceptual patterns that can sustain the iconological reading.

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Dec. 22, 2020

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978-88-6969-463-9

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978-88-6969-462-2

Keywords: Marble slab • Shape of water • Peltae pattern • Visual perception • Medieval mosaic floor

permalink: http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-462-2/003

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