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dc.identifier	ECF_article_2734
dc.title	Out-of-Frame Figures. The Emergence of the Sculpted Body in Renaissance Architecture in France
dc.contributor.author	Munoz Sarah
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	fr
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/venezia-arti/2020/1/des-figures-hors-cadre/
dc.description.abstract	Sculpted Renaissance medallions, inspired by ancient coins and clipeatae imagines, were developed in French monuments from around 1500 to 1550. First applied to the surface of the wall and restricted to a face, they showed, around 1530-1540, transformations related to the adaptation and variation of the body in the decoration. Characters in very high relief, sometimes represented up to the hips, were multiplied, freed from their frame, addressing the viewer and creating illusion games when they were placed in false windows. These decorations thus testify to the relationship between structure and sculpture and the growing humanisation of the wall.
dc.relation.ispartof	Venezia Arti
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 29 \| December 2020
dc.issued	2020-12-11
dc.dateAccepted	2019-10-14
dc.dateSubmitted	2019-07-19
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	10.30687/VA/2385-2720/2020/01/012
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Busts
dc.subject	Busts
dc.subject	Medallions
dc.subject	Medallions
dc.subject	Ornament
dc.subject	Ornament
dc.subject	Portraits
dc.subject	Portraits
dc.subject	Renaissance
dc.subject	Renaissance

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The Emergence of the Sculpted Body in Renaissance Architecture in France

Sarah Munoz Columbia University, New York, USA

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abstract

Sculpted Renaissance medallions, inspired by ancient coins and clipeatae imagines, were developed in French monuments from around 1500 to 1550. First applied to the surface of the wall and restricted to a face, they showed, around 1530-1540, transformations related to the adaptation and variation of the body in the decoration. Characters in very high relief, sometimes represented up to the hips, were multiplied, freed from their frame, addressing the viewer and creating illusion games when they were placed in false windows. These decorations thus testify to the relationship between structure and sculpture and the growing humanisation of the wall.

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Dec. 11, 2020

Accepted

Oct. 14, 2019

Submitted

July 19, 2019

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Keywords: Medallions • Busts • Renaissance • Portraits • Ornament

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