At the beginning of the Renaissance, the humanists giving rise to theories on magnificence, considered a virtue of humankind. In Roma, numerous artists challenged themselves with its depiction, creating refined ornamentation such as Antoniazzo Romano, or reviving the sparkle of precious stones in painting. Among these in Raphael, whose iconic works the author examines, adopting a historical-artistic approach that is necessarily open to other areas of knowledge, from the literary to the economic. The author analyses the presence and significance of jewellery in relation to the effigies, from the Pope to the noblewomen, investigating also the activity of the goldsmiths active in Rome, often in relation to the great Renaissance artist.
All'inizio del Rinascimento, gli umanisti danno vita a teorie sulla magnificenza, considerata una virtù del genere umano. A Roma, numerosi artisti si cimentano con la sua rappresentazione, creando ornamenti raffinati come Antoniazzo Romano, o facendo rivivere lo scintillio delle pietre preziose in pittura. Tra questi Raffaello, di cui l'autore esamina le opere più simboliche, adottando un approccio storico-artistico necessariamente aperto ad altri ambiti del sapere, da quello letterario a quello economico. L'autore analizza la presenza e il significato dei gioielli in relazione alle effigi, dal Papa alle nobildonne, indagando anche l'attività degli orafi attivi a Roma, spesso in relazione al grande artista rinascimentale.
Joailliers et orfèvres à la cour papale : d'Antoniazzo Romano à Raphaël
Adriano Amendola
2023-01-01
Abstract
At the beginning of the Renaissance, the humanists giving rise to theories on magnificence, considered a virtue of humankind. In Roma, numerous artists challenged themselves with its depiction, creating refined ornamentation such as Antoniazzo Romano, or reviving the sparkle of precious stones in painting. Among these in Raphael, whose iconic works the author examines, adopting a historical-artistic approach that is necessarily open to other areas of knowledge, from the literary to the economic. The author analyses the presence and significance of jewellery in relation to the effigies, from the Pope to the noblewomen, investigating also the activity of the goldsmiths active in Rome, often in relation to the great Renaissance artist.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.