Oltre il colore

Katharine Stahlbuhk

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Oltre il colore

Die farbreduzierte Wandmalerei zwischen Humilitas und Observanzreformen

Katharine Stahlbuhk

Volume 13 in the series Italienische Forschungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut, 4. Folge

Overview

About this book

The study’s main focus is a particular group of virtually one-color wall paintings with sacred subjects from the fourteenth and fifteenth century in Italy, whose reduction of color cannot be explained by the intention to evoke material. Besides early examples executed in shades of ochre, most wall paintings of this genre are green.

Based on precise case studies and an extensive catalogue, the author sheds light for the first time on the content-related depth of the phenomenon by providing new insights into the semantics of color and material. The massive dissemination of this form of monochrome painting can moreover be situated with respect to the history of faith and church politics thanks to the incorporation of picture cycles that have hitherto been neglected or are unknown.

Author information

Katharine Stahlbuhk, Bibliotheca Hertziana Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Rom.

Topics

(Deutsch)

Language: German
Publisher: Deutscher Kunstverlag (DKV)
Audience: Kunsthistoriker, Restauratoren
Pages
- Main content: 428
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 190
- Coloured Illustrations: 50
Keywords: Bilderzyklus; Monochromie; Farbenbedeutung

Hardcover

Published: April 19, 2021
ISBN: 9783422981942