Representing vision : mannerist art and the body of Christ

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dc.contributor.authorEvans, Walter Nicholas Adrianen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-11T14:27:37Z
dc.date.available2016-03-11T14:27:37Z
dc.date.issued1987en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 67-70.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe essay departs from the iconographical and interpretative studies of the Warburg Institute in the field of art history, seeking to define pictorial context in a way that avoids the notion of a fixed content behind works of art. Specific paintings are contextualised according to the psychological/physiological accidents of vision. A theoretical precedent for this approach within "art history" has been established by Norman Bryson, and the methods of Bryson, of J. Derrida and of J. Lacan are applied to specific works. The essay defines a motif common in Florentine and Roman mannerist religious paintings: the central significance given to Christ's torso in many works. This motif is related to its sources (Michelangelo and antique sculpture), and developed through an analysis of three paintings, J. Pontormo's Descent from the Cross, Rosso's Dead Christ with Angels and the Deposition by the Roman artist D. Ricciarelli da Volterra. The paintings are analysed according to their status as fictions, as devotional images and as representations of the human body. Various definitions of maniera are offered. The essay concludes with an appeal that visual ambiguity be recognised as central to the understanding of pictorial representations.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationEvans, W. N. A. (1987). <i>Representing vision : mannerist art and the body of Christ</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Michaelis School of Fine Art. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17659en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationEvans, Walter Nicholas Adrian. <i>"Representing vision : mannerist art and the body of Christ."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Michaelis School of Fine Art, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17659en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationEvans, W. 1987. Representing vision : mannerist art and the body of Christ. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Evans, Walter Nicholas Adrian AB - The essay departs from the iconographical and interpretative studies of the Warburg Institute in the field of art history, seeking to define pictorial context in a way that avoids the notion of a fixed content behind works of art. Specific paintings are contextualised according to the psychological/physiological accidents of vision. A theoretical precedent for this approach within "art history" has been established by Norman Bryson, and the methods of Bryson, of J. Derrida and of J. Lacan are applied to specific works. The essay defines a motif common in Florentine and Roman mannerist religious paintings: the central significance given to Christ's torso in many works. This motif is related to its sources (Michelangelo and antique sculpture), and developed through an analysis of three paintings, J. Pontormo's Descent from the Cross, Rosso's Dead Christ with Angels and the Deposition by the Roman artist D. Ricciarelli da Volterra. The paintings are analysed according to their status as fictions, as devotional images and as representations of the human body. Various definitions of maniera are offered. The essay concludes with an appeal that visual ambiguity be recognised as central to the understanding of pictorial representations. DA - 1987 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1987 T1 - Representing vision : mannerist art and the body of Christ TI - Representing vision : mannerist art and the body of Christ UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17659 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/17659
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationEvans WNA. Representing vision : mannerist art and the body of Christ. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Michaelis School of Fine Art, 1987 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17659en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentMichaelis School of Fine Arten_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherMannerism (Art)en_ZA
dc.subject.otherLiterary Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleRepresenting vision : mannerist art and the body of Christen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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