著者

桑原 夏子

出版者

美学会

雑誌

美学 (ISSN:05200962)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.68, no.2, pp.25, 2017 (Released:2019-01-02)

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My paper shows one of the textual sources for the wall painting of the temple of Fortuna Virile (the church of Santa Maria di Secundicerio) (Italy, Rome, 872-882) which presents the Marian cycle with her last days, the story of St. Basil and the story of Mary of Egypt. This is the oldest example, which presents the Last Days of the Virgin Mary - the Annunciation of the Death of the Virgin by Christ, the Departure of the Apostles, and the Arrival of the Apostles - therefore it is important to discover its textual source. First of all, I point out that one of the Apostles is departing from his grave to attend Mary’s death in the scene of the Departure of the Apostles. Secondly, I indicate that this unique episode is found in a Greek text, which is written by pseudo St. John in the early 6th century. All stories of this temple are based on the Greek texts, therefore this wall painting might suggest the lost Greek visual culture has been persecuted by iconoclasm in the Byzantine Empire.

著者

桑原 夏子

出版者

美学会

雑誌

美学 (ISSN:05200962)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.67, no.2, pp.108, 2016 (Released:2018-01-01)

著者

桑原 夏子

出版者

美学会

雑誌

美学 (ISSN:05200962)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.62, no.1, pp.49-60, 2011-06-30 (Released:2017-05-22)

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This paper examines the reason for why Fra Filippo Lippi chose Annunciation of the Death of the Virgin and Arrival of the Apostles as subjects for the central predella of his Barbadori Altarpiece. In addition to being very rare, these two subjects are painted as though the events represented by them are occurring simultaneously. This altarpiece was placed in the Barbadori Chapel, which the Confraternity of Orsanmichele had the responsibility of constructing. I demonstrate that the confraternity's charity was reflected in the choice of these subjects. The rules of the confraternity show that they promised the confession, extreme unction, and courteous burial to their members, allowing them to accept death peacefully. Annunciation of the Death of the Virgin shows the calm acceptance of death and Arrival of the Apostles suggests the attendance of one's deathbed and burial. To further demonstrate that Lippi constructed his work to suggest the charity of the confraternity, I perform a comparison of the central predella to source detailing its subjects, a comparison to preceding works, and an analysis of the composition. Most likely, my interpretation is congruent with the intentions of Gherardo Barbadori, a captain of the confraternity who ordered the construction of the chapel.

著者

桑原 夏子

出版者

美学会

雑誌

美学 (ISSN:05200962)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.61, no.2, pp.121, 2010-12-31 (Released:2017-05-22)