Set in Stone

« previous article | next article »

DC Field	Value
dc.identifier	ECF_article_1069
dc.title	Set in Stone. Signing Carlo Crivelli of Venice
dc.contributor.author	Hilliam Amanda
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/venezia-arti/2017/1/set-in-stone/
dc.description.abstract	This article explores how and why the fifteenth-century Venetian painter, Carlo Crivelli (1430/5-c. 1494), signed his pictures. Until recently, Crivelli’s work has received comparatively little critical attention; this is ironic given that he was acutely aware of his reputation and artistic legacy, an awareness that is expressed through his signatures. Whether carved into fractured stone, or emblazoned in gold on an affixed label, Crivelli’s signatures contemplate his role as a creator of religious images that would outlive him. While the carved inscription signifies permanence and durability, labels, sometimes crumpled and appearing as if about to fall away, suggest transience and ephemerality.
dc.relation.ispartof	Venezia Arti
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 26 \| December 2017
dc.issued	2017-12-20
dc.dateAccepted	2017-09-21
dc.dateSubmitted	2017-07-17
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2385-2720
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/2385-2720/VA-26-17-8
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Devotion
dc.subject	Devotion
dc.subject	Illusion
dc.subject	Illusion
dc.subject	Memorial
dc.subject	Memorial
dc.subject	Parapet
dc.subject	Parapet
dc.subject	Permanence
dc.subject	Permanence

Research Article
open access peer reviewed

Set in Stone

Signing Carlo Crivelli of Venice

Amanda Hilliam National Gallery of London; Oxford Brookes University, UK

VIEW PDF DOWNLOAD PDF

abstract

This article explores how and why the fifteenth-century Venetian painter, Carlo Crivelli (1430/5-c. 1494), signed his pictures. Until recently, Crivelli’s work has received comparatively little critical attention; this is ironic given that he was acutely aware of his reputation and artistic legacy, an awareness that is expressed through his signatures. Whether carved into fractured stone, or emblazoned in gold on an affixed label, Crivelli’s signatures contemplate his role as a creator of religious images that would outlive him. While the carved inscription signifies permanence and durability, labels, sometimes crumpled and appearing as if about to fall away, suggest transience and ephemerality.

Published

Dec. 20, 2017

Accepted

Sept. 21, 2017

Submitted

July 17, 2017

Language

Keywords: Memorial • Parapet • Illusion • Permanence • Devotion

permalink http://doi.org/10.14277/2385-2720/VA-26-17-8

Copyright: © 2017 Amanda Hilliam. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

References to this chapter

How to cite