Una questione romana? : la (ri)nascita della pittura narrativa martiriale nell'alto Medioevo: altri spunti da Santa Prassede

Title: Una questione romana? : la (ri)nascita della pittura narrativa martiriale nell'alto Medioevo: altri spunti da Santa Prassede
Variant title:
  • A Roman question? : the (re)birth of the martyrial narrative painting in the early medieval artistic culture: further notes from Santa Prassede
  • Římská otázka? : (znovu)zrození narativních cyklů zobrazujících příběhy mučedníků v raném středověku
Author: Croci, Chiara
Source document: Convivium. 2020, vol. 7, iss. Supplementum [2], pp. [86]-103
Extent
[86]-103
  • ISSN
    2336-3452 (print)
    2336-808X (online)
Type: Article
Language
Summary language
License: Not specified license
Rights access
fulltext is not accessible
 

Notice: These citations are automatically created and might not follow citation rules properly.

Abstract(s)
Hagiographical narratives, especially depictions of the acta martyrum, stand out in the pre-Carolingian Rome and reach an apex in the transept of Santa Prassede. Whether this reflects the renewal of a late-antique tradition, the survival of a tradition erased by conservation, or something new in eighth- and ninth-century Rome remains unclear. To understand the transept program in the cultural and political context of Pope Paschal I's papacy, this paper considers the main developments of the hagiographical paintings in the early Middle Ages, the role of Saint Peter's basilica as a model, and the specifics of the transept's space, coming back to the repetitiveness of the cycles of Santa Prassede and to the redundant scene of the martyr trial.