Naslov
“Porta coelesti: Textual Sources behind the Sculptural Program of the Portal of the Church of Saint Lawrence in Zadar

Autori
Strunje, Petar

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Skup
Četvrta medievistička znanstvena radionica u Rijeci

Mjesto i datum
Rijeka, Hrvatska, 30.05.2019. - 31.05.2019

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Domaća recenzija

Ključne riječi
Saint Lawrence church in Zadar ; portal ; Madonna ; iconography

Sažetak
The discussion on the identification of figural representations in the church of Saint Lawrence has been lasting since the material was first published in the latter half of the 19th century. Since the present sculptural depictions have an important role in the reappearance of figural sculpture in the Middle Ages, they were central to a number of studies, but the iconographical aspects and the attribution were mentioned only sporadically. Considering that the dating in the 11th century is a product of thorough stylistic analysis, the author proposes a re- contextualization in the light of contemporary church reformation efforts on the Eastern Adriatic and the medieval Croatian state. Due to the lack of written sources which could have been used as direct models, it is necessary to look to the wider cultural and theological production of the period while focusing on the cross-reading of the visual and the textual. The goal is to recognize the sculptural program of the portal of the church of Saint Lawrence in Zadar through not only the lens of iconography as such, but also of the iconography of architecture. This paper will thus position the material as part of the wider cultural production, combining the theological and literary with the visual representations. Apart from the minor number of preserved visual parallels, it is necessary to use the rich literary production for comparison, such as the works of Peter Damian, Ambrose Autpert and various litanies and popular devotions. Thus, the material production of the Eastern Adriatic region in the 11th century strongly correlates with the dominant trends in the centers of theological thought. The proposed reading aims to add to the existing thoughts on the identification of the portal scenes by posing several research questions and proposing conclusions based on an innovative methodological approach. The comparison with the rest of the 11th century figural sculpture from the region finds that the material is more homogenous than previously thought and positions it more strongly inside the wider trends of the period. All being said, the main aim is to propose a more logical and easily adaptive model for transfers of key concepts of Western Christendom (literary – visual), thus solving the discussion on the “contamination” of the sculptural scenes with a few interconnected iconographical models.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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