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A tabernacle by alvise tagliapietra in the cathedral of Osor

Autori
Kudiš Burić, Nina

Izvornik
Zbornik za umetnostno zgodovino (Nova vrsta) (0351-224X) 41 (2005); 206-217

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Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Osor; tabernacle; Alvise Tagliapietra; an early work

Sažetak
The left aisle of the parish church of Osor, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and the cathedral until 1822, ends with a gothic chapel, dedicated to the Sacrament. The tabernacle in the Chapel repeats as a whole but also in its details the tabernacle that Paolo Goi in 2000 attributed to Enrico Merengo (Germany, 1628? – Venice, 1723). If the young Alvise Tagliapietra really assisted Enrico Merengo in the execution of the tabernacle from Noale, he could have kept or copied the preparatory drawings only to use them few years later for the commission coming from Osor. In fact, the typology of figures as well as the anatomic details of faces, hands and feet, the treatment of mass and space, the folding of the drapery, it all points to the probability that the author of the altar of the Holy Sacrament in Osor is Alvise Tagliapietra.The hypothesis of a rather early date of the execution of the tabernacle from Osor is supported by the fact that Tagliapietra, instead of executing his own innovative creation, repeated rather faithfully the work that was very probably ideated by his teacher Enrico Merengo. Such proposition is also corroborated by the executive style of the tabernacle. The strong influence of Merengo is present in the typology of the figures, but even more in their rather robust forms and sturdiness, in the way the drapery falls in the soft folds. They are still rather clumsily draped and the figures, as well as the ornament, lack the specific rococo stylisation and decorative ease that is present in Tagliapietra’ s works dating in the third decade of the 18th century such as those executed for the church of St. Krševan (S. Crisogono) in Zadar. The hypothesis of the rather early execution is further supported by the comparison of the figures on the tabernacle from Osor to those on the altar executed by Merengo and situated on the altar in the parish church in Nimis (originating from the church of San Silvestro in Venice), that are dated in the last decade of the 17th century.

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Engleski

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