L’iconografia del san Sebastiano a Bologna tra XV e XVI

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_7239
dc.contributor.author	Serrani Alessandro
dc.title	L’iconografia del san Sebastiano a Bologna tra XV e XVI secolo
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	it
dc.description.abstract	The numerous plagues that overflown Bologna in the second half of the 15th century were the reason for the spread of saint Sebastian’s iconography in the city, which reached its climax in the last twenty years of the century. The possible political meanings of this iconography are also discussed. Towards the end of the century, we observe a softening of saint Sebastian’s figure, which is less burly in build than the examples painted around the mid-century. We focus on several cases, for which the reasons for the choice of this saint are investigated; they also provide the opportunity to reconsider the attribution of a selection of paintings.
dc.relation.ispartof	Quaderni di Venezia Arti
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2022-05-13
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-10-15
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-589-6/liconografia-del-san-sebastiano-a-bologna-tra-xv-e/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-588-9/010
dc.identifier.eissn	2784-8868
dc.identifier.isbn
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-588-9
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	Bologna
dc.subject	Epidemic
dc.subject	Fifteenth century
dc.subject	Paintings
dc.subject	Saint Sebastian

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L’iconografia del san Sebastiano a Bologna tra XV e XVI secolo

Alessandro Serrani Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna; Fondazione Giorgio Cini di Venezia, Italia

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The numerous plagues that overflown Bologna in the second half of the 15th century were the reason for the spread of saint Sebastian’s iconography in the city, which reached its climax in the last twenty years of the century. The possible political meanings of this iconography are also discussed. Towards the end of the century, we observe a softening of saint Sebastian’s figure, which is less burly in build than the examples painted around the mid-century. We focus on several cases, for which the reasons for the choice of this saint are investigated; they also provide the opportunity to reconsider the attribution of a selection of paintings.

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May 13, 2022

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Keywords: Saint Sebastian • Fifteenth century • Paintings • Epidemic • Bologna

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