This study is an iconographical analysis of the apse mosaic of the church of Santa Maria Nova in Rome. Acknowledging Pope Alexander III (1159-1181) as the patron of the decorative design, the author aims at showing how certain iconographical choices reflect a definite political climate. That which has been splitting the Church up into the Antipope's supporters and those of Alexander III since the pontifical election of 1159. The four apostles' depiction - Peter, Andrew (right), James and John (left) - next to the Virgin and the Child appear as an allusion to the fish draught story (Mt 4, 18-22). A New Testament episode, abundantly discussed among the Fathers of the Church, that would have allowed Alexander III - back in Rome after a long ex...
I mosaici absidali di Santa Maria Nova, la chiesa della comunità greca di Roma, mettono in scena una...
In the present re-reading of the Sistine mosaics of S. Maria Maggiore, which embraces the Old and Ne...
The Navicella mosaic is most famously an artwork created by Giotto di Bondone. Evidence for the appe...
This study is an iconographical analysis of the apse mosaic of the church of Santa Maria Nova in Rom...
The church of S. Maria in Trastevere was one of the tituli or parish churches of ancient Rome, known...
The church of S. Maria in Trastevere was one of the tituli or parish churches of ancient Rome, known...
The apse mosaic of Santa Maria Nova in the Roman Forum, dating back to about the mid-12th century, h...
This thesis is dedicated to western representations of the Ascension of Jesus Christ between the IX ...
This paper analyzes the setting up of the cult of Saint Jerome in Rome at the end of the 13th centur...
This thesis is dedicated to western representations of the Ascension of Jesus Christ between the IX ...
The Santa Maria Maggiore mosaics are a well-studied example of early Christian and late Roman art, c...
Consacrée aux représentations de l’Ascension du Christ en Occident entre le 9e et le 13e siècle, la ...
Painted Churches in the Fresco of the Saint Martial Chapel in the Palace of the Popes in Avignon. T...
The paper is devoted to the Early Christian mosaic decoration of Santa Maria Maggiore church in Rome...
Images of pontifical power in the books of Clement VII and Benedict XIII. If the vitality of the il...
I mosaici absidali di Santa Maria Nova, la chiesa della comunità greca di Roma, mettono in scena una...
In the present re-reading of the Sistine mosaics of S. Maria Maggiore, which embraces the Old and Ne...
The Navicella mosaic is most famously an artwork created by Giotto di Bondone. Evidence for the appe...
This study is an iconographical analysis of the apse mosaic of the church of Santa Maria Nova in Rom...
The church of S. Maria in Trastevere was one of the tituli or parish churches of ancient Rome, known...
The church of S. Maria in Trastevere was one of the tituli or parish churches of ancient Rome, known...
The apse mosaic of Santa Maria Nova in the Roman Forum, dating back to about the mid-12th century, h...
This thesis is dedicated to western representations of the Ascension of Jesus Christ between the IX ...
This paper analyzes the setting up of the cult of Saint Jerome in Rome at the end of the 13th centur...
This thesis is dedicated to western representations of the Ascension of Jesus Christ between the IX ...
The Santa Maria Maggiore mosaics are a well-studied example of early Christian and late Roman art, c...
Consacrée aux représentations de l’Ascension du Christ en Occident entre le 9e et le 13e siècle, la ...
Painted Churches in the Fresco of the Saint Martial Chapel in the Palace of the Popes in Avignon. T...
The paper is devoted to the Early Christian mosaic decoration of Santa Maria Maggiore church in Rome...
Images of pontifical power in the books of Clement VII and Benedict XIII. If the vitality of the il...
I mosaici absidali di Santa Maria Nova, la chiesa della comunità greca di Roma, mettono in scena una...
In the present re-reading of the Sistine mosaics of S. Maria Maggiore, which embraces the Old and Ne...
The Navicella mosaic is most famously an artwork created by Giotto di Bondone. Evidence for the appe...