Investigations by Sara Penco stem from the insightful finding of the absence of a key figure in the Sistine Chapel's Last Judgement fresco. Prior to this illuminating research, Mary Magdalene was not unequivocally identified within Michelangelo's masterpiece. Father Pfeiffer, with whom Penco establishes an inescapable dialectic, had already hypothesised the presence of Mary Magdalene in the fresco, but it is the scholar, for the first time in these pages, who convincingly justifies her identification. Mary Magdalene is closely connected to the salient episodes in the life of Jesus. The author rightly wonders, therefore, how it is possible that a figure so central to the biblical narrative and the Christian imagination could have been excluded from the depiction of the Parousia. This observation gives rise to an accurate reflection on the iconography of the saint and the Judgement, in relation to the sacred texts and in relation to Michelangelo's poetics and production. Sara Penco traces Mary Magdalene in the tangle of figures on the wall behind the altar of the Sistine Chapel, contributing to characterise the fresco - one of the best known and most appreciated works in the world - with an unprecedented theological message.
Text in English and Italian.
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Höhe: 304 mm
Breite: 248 mm
Dicke: 26 mm
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979-12-80717-49-8 (9791280717498)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Sara Penco is an art restorer, whose work includes the restoration of the frescoes by Filippino Lippi in the Chapel Carafa in Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, of some of the ceilings in the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament, restorations in the Villa Algardi, and in the interiors of Villa Pamphili, all in Rome. She is the creator of the Smarticon method, a patented technique for classification, cataloguing, and tracking valuable assets, particularly works from the art world. She has contributed to the preservation of prestigious works and written several unpublished works for the academic world, that were subsequently the subject of further studies, exhibitions, and publications. Sara has participated in numerous national and international conferences focusing on the discovery of newly uncovered works and on innovative technologies for the preservation of Cultural Heritage.
The new reading key of the Judgement Asia Graziano
Michelangelo's Magdalene? Yvonne Dohna Schlobitten
A JUDGEMENT OF HOPE Sara Penco
The presence of Mary Magdalene beside Christ the
Redeemer
The place that symbolises christianity
The Last Judgement
The iconological message
The man at the centre of everything
The message of hope
The two characters on the right edge of the wall
Hypothesis of identification of the figure of Mary
Magdalene
The apostle of the apostles
The timeless charm of the most mysterious woman in
the history of christianity
The yellow crocus dress and the capacity of
discernment
The tension on the face of Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene: the model of righteousness and the
intermediary between Christ and humanity
A scandalous Last Judgement
Mary Magdalene, a model of righteousness beyond
slander and calumny
A window on the Garden of Eden
Sharing the cross as a source of hope
Necessity of the cross in God's plan
The connection between the cross-bearer and the
woman who kisses the cross. The group of Martyrs
and that of Confessors
Who is the mighty cross-bearer?
Reasonings on the reiteration of Christ the Judge in
Christ the Redeemer
The hermeneutics of the Judgement finds its roots in
tradition
Why are Christ the Redeemer and Mary Magdalene
relegated to the right edge of the wall?
Mary Magdalene and Christ the Redeemer
Christ the Judge, Christ the Redeemer and the
Apollo Belvedere: beauty as a synonym of purity
The dual event: an imperative Christ the Judge and
Jesus who became man
The dramatic nature of the Judgement and the search
for the "positive aspect"
The historical context at the time of the planning of
the Last Judgement: the Renaissance in Europe
An environment forged in the passage between
Platonism and Neoplatonism: beauty as the highest
expression in God and in transcendence
Friendship with the Marquise Vittoria Colonna. The
Spirituals' circle and the need to reform the Catholic
Church
Vittoria Colonna and Mary Magdalene: two women
firm in their love for Christ
A unique opportunity
The Sistine Chapel and Michelangelo in literature
Michelangelo: a model of a good christian
Observe, listen, comprehend: hermeneutics in art
The scientific method in support of the encoding of
hermeneutics in art
The apostle of the apostles in Michelangelo's fresco
and in the words of Pope Francis
The Sistine Chapel: humanity is welcomed into the
house of God
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