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dc.identifier	ECF_article_2405
dc.title	The Representation of Holiness Between Realism and Devotion in the Polyptych of Montefiore dell’Aso by Carlo Crivelli
dc.contributor.author	De Carolis Francesco
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/venezia-arti/2019/1/la-rappresentazione-della-santita-tra-realismo-e-d/
dc.description.abstract	The article seeks to draw attention to the saintly bodies depicted by Crivelli in the polyptych for Montefiore dell’Aso, considering them from different points of view. As written in the introduction, the figures painted by Carlo Crivelli are not simple representations of people, but contain deep religious meanings. The second part of the article focuses on the importance of the technical process of gilding used in the Montefiore panels for the definition of the holy figures, and its significance for a more precise dating. In its third part, the paper suggests a new identification for the Franciscan saint painted in half length with St. Anthony of Padua; the final section looks into Crivelli’s mode of representing the holy bodies of St. Francis and, above all, of St. Louis of Toluse, who wears a ring in which the artist left a previously unnoticed inscription.
dc.relation.ispartof	Venezia Arti
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 28 \| December 2019
dc.issued	2019-12-11
dc.dateAccepted	2019-08-01
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/2385-2720/2019/01/001
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Cult
dc.subject	Cult
dc.subject	Devotion
dc.subject	Devotion
dc.subject	Franciscan saints
dc.subject	Franciscan saints
dc.subject	Fruition
dc.subject	Fruition
dc.subject	Illusion
dc.subject	Illusion
dc.subject	Ornamentation
dc.subject	Ornamentation

Research Article
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The Representation of Holiness Between Realism and Devotion in the Polyptych of Montefiore dell’Aso by Carlo Crivelli

Francesco De Carolis Fondazione e Centro Studi Ragghianti, Lucca, Italia

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abstract

The article seeks to draw attention to the saintly bodies depicted by Crivelli in the polyptych for Montefiore dell’Aso, considering them from different points of view. As written in the introduction, the figures painted by Carlo Crivelli are not simple representations of people, but contain deep religious meanings. The second part of the article focuses on the importance of the technical process of gilding used in the Montefiore panels for the definition of the holy figures, and its significance for a more precise dating. In its third part, the paper suggests a new identification for the Franciscan saint painted in half length with St. Anthony of Padua; the final section looks into Crivelli’s mode of representing the holy bodies of St. Francis and, above all, of St. Louis of Toluse, who wears a ring in which the artist left a previously unnoticed inscription.

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Dec. 11, 2019

Accepted

Aug. 1, 2019

Submitted

July 19, 2019

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Keywords: Illusion • Ornamentation • Devotion • Franciscan saints • Cult • Fruition

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