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- Title
RENAISSANCE FLESH AND WOMAN'S DEVOTION: TITIAN'S PENITENT MAGDALEN.
- Authors
Graham, Heather Sexton
- Abstract
The article discusses the painting "Penitent Magdalen" created by Titian for Vittoria Colonna, the marchesa del Vasto, as a piece of devotional artwork. The author focuses on depictions of human flesh in religious works of art and their meaning to female audiences. The use of physical language and bodily imagery to express the Renaissance female religious experience is explored. The use of Saint Mary Magdalen as a model for penitence in Renaissance art is discussed and her popularity within the cult of saints is also examined.
- Subjects
ITALY; FEMALE nude in art; RENAISSANCE art; TITIAN, ca. 1488-1576; 16TH century art; PAINTING; MARY Magdalene, Saint, fl. 1st century; EXPERIENCE (Religion) in women; DEVOTION; COLONNA, Vittoria, 1492-1547; WORSHIP of saints; HISTORY
- Publication
Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval & Renaissance Studies, 2008, Vol 39, p137
- ISSN
0069-6412
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/cjm.2008.0000