Le statue del Cristo crocifisso e morto nelle azioni drammatiche della Passione (XIV-XV secolo). Linee di ricerca

<p>This paper intends to provide an initial draft and a methodological framework for further investigations about the use of the statues of the crucified and dead Christ during the representations of the Passion from the XIV to the XV century. In particular, I will discuss four different types...

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Main Author: Carla Bino
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Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2017-11-01
Series:Drammaturgia
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Online Access:http://www.fupress.net/index.php/drammaturgia/article/view/22040
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spelling doaj-art-9a1bd2f46a184264920a7ef4e841255f2018-09-17T08:32:37ZengFirenze University PressDrammaturgia1122-93652283-56442017-11-0113327731110.13128/Drammaturgia-2204018243Le statue del Cristo crocifisso e morto nelle azioni drammatiche della Passione (XIV-XV secolo). Linee di ricercaCarla Bino<p>This paper intends to provide an initial draft and a methodological framework for further investigations about the use of the statues of the crucified and dead Christ during the representations of the Passion from the XIV to the XV century. In particular, I will discuss four different types of artifact: crucifixes with moveble arms; so-called ‘talking’ crucifixies that have unmoveble limbs but a moveble tongue; jointed sculptures of the suffering Christ and artifacts made with several materials, coated with leather and totally jointed; carved statues of the dead Christ lying in a wooden sarcophagus covered with paintings. My proposal is to distinguish them according to those features that link to different performative actions and, therefore, to different rites celebrated in different spiritual contexts. I consider each of these artworks as a ‘performative image’, that was probably used for a specific performance, playing a certain scene on a very clear ‘stage’ in front of a particular audience.</p>http://www.fupress.net/index.php/drammaturgia/article/view/22040Medieval theatreMedieval dramaLiturgy and dramaVisual culture of the Middle AgesPerformative imagesActing imagesWooden crucifix
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Le statue del Cristo crocifisso e morto nelle azioni drammatiche della Passione (XIV-XV secolo). Linee di ricerca
Drammaturgia
Medieval theatre
Medieval drama
Liturgy and drama
Visual culture of the Middle Ages
Performative images
Acting images
Wooden crucifix
author_facet Carla Bino
author_sort Carla Bino
title Le statue del Cristo crocifisso e morto nelle azioni drammatiche della Passione (XIV-XV secolo). Linee di ricerca
title_short Le statue del Cristo crocifisso e morto nelle azioni drammatiche della Passione (XIV-XV secolo). Linee di ricerca
title_full Le statue del Cristo crocifisso e morto nelle azioni drammatiche della Passione (XIV-XV secolo). Linee di ricerca
title_fullStr Le statue del Cristo crocifisso e morto nelle azioni drammatiche della Passione (XIV-XV secolo). Linee di ricerca
title_full_unstemmed Le statue del Cristo crocifisso e morto nelle azioni drammatiche della Passione (XIV-XV secolo). Linee di ricerca
title_sort le statue del cristo crocifisso e morto nelle azioni drammatiche della passione (xiv-xv secolo). linee di ricerca
publisher Firenze University Press
series Drammaturgia
issn 1122-9365
2283-5644
publishDate 2017-11-01
description <p>This paper intends to provide an initial draft and a methodological framework for further investigations about the use of the statues of the crucified and dead Christ during the representations of the Passion from the XIV to the XV century. In particular, I will discuss four different types of artifact: crucifixes with moveble arms; so-called ‘talking’ crucifixies that have unmoveble limbs but a moveble tongue; jointed sculptures of the suffering Christ and artifacts made with several materials, coated with leather and totally jointed; carved statues of the dead Christ lying in a wooden sarcophagus covered with paintings. My proposal is to distinguish them according to those features that link to different performative actions and, therefore, to different rites celebrated in different spiritual contexts. I consider each of these artworks as a ‘performative image’, that was probably used for a specific performance, playing a certain scene on a very clear ‘stage’ in front of a particular audience.</p>
topic Medieval theatre
Medieval drama
Liturgy and drama
Visual culture of the Middle Ages
Performative images
Acting images
Wooden crucifix
url http://www.fupress.net/index.php/drammaturgia/article/view/22040
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