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- Title
Pictorial Theology and the Paragone in Pontormo's Capponi Chapel.
- Authors
Maratsos, Jessica
- Abstract
In his decoration of the Capponi chapel, Jacopo Pontormo simultaneously emphasized and sought to transcend the limitations of the painted medium through a set of carefully deployed formal tensions that evoked the paragone with sculpture. A reconsideration of this monument in conjunction with a closer reading of his views on the paragone reveals the theological epistemology that underlies what has been previously considered a purely aesthetic debate. This framework serves to demonstrate Pontormo’s deep engagement with questions regarding the artist’s newly evolving role as a creator, rather than as an imitator, of divine imagery, and offers a new interpretation of his representation of the figure of Nicodemus in the altarpiece.
- Subjects
FLORENCE (Italy); ITALY; PONTORMO, Jacopo da, 1494-1556; PARAGONE (Aesthetics); RELIGIOUS art; ALTARPIECES; RENAISSANCE art; 16TH century fresco painting; VARCHI, Benedetto; SIXTEENTH century
- Publication
Art History, 2017, Vol 40, Issue 5, p938
- ISSN
0141-6790
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1467-8365.12285