Kristinb Aavitsland

Imagining the Human Condition in Medieval Rome

The Cistercian fresco cycle at Abbazia delle Tre Fontane

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Produktbeschreibung

The first monograph on the Vita Humana cycle at Tre Fontane, this book includes an overview of the medieval history of the Roman Cistercian abbey and its architecture, as well as a consideration of the political and cultural standing of the abbey both within Papal Rome and within the Cistercian order. It considers the commission of the fresco cycle, the circumstances of its making and its position within the art historical context of the Roman Duecento. Examining the unusual blend of images in the Vita Humana cycle, this study offers a more nuanced picture of the iconographic repertoire of medieval art.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 608g
• ISBN-13: 9781138273078
• ISBN-10: 1138273074
• Artikelnr.: 57048234

Autorenporträt

Kristin B. Aavitsland is an art historian and medievalist, engaged as a Fellow in the Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo, Norway.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
Introduction: the Vita Humana cycle at the abbey of Tre Fontana
Part I Contexts: The settings of the Vita Humana cycle
Learning, piety and the rhetoric of images. Part II Analyses: Paradise lost
The man in the tree of life
The eagles
The fisherman
The wheel of senses and the ages of man
The harvest of fruit in the garden of life
Birds and cages
The Vita Humana cycle: a visual florilegium? Concluding remarks
Bibliography
Index.