Not So Unorthodox: A Reevaluation of Tricephalous Images of the Trinity
Among the various iconographies of the Trinity which emerged in Christian art, the three-headed or trifrons image has a contested history. Warned about and censured by two popes, Urban VIII and Benedict XIV, this iconography, despite condemnations, was applied, however, by leading Renaissance artist...
| Published in: | Theological studies |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Sage Publ.
[2018]
|
| In: |
Theological studies
|
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Catholic church
/ Trinity
/ Dreikopfgottheit
/ Iconography
/ History 1300-1900
|
| IxTheo Classification: | CE Christian art KAC Church history 500-1500; Middle Ages KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KDB Roman Catholic Church NBC Doctrine of God |
| Further subjects: | B
Counter-Reformation
B tricephalous B Christian iconography B trifrons B Trinity B Iconography B trinitarian iconography B Image B Folk art |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | Among the various iconographies of the Trinity which emerged in Christian art, the three-headed or trifrons image has a contested history. Warned about and censured by two popes, Urban VIII and Benedict XIV, this iconography, despite condemnations, was applied, however, by leading Renaissance artists and survived into the nineteenth century in folk art. This article considers its pre-Christian background, the sixteenth-century theological debates, and, finally, in a detailed engagement with a range of tricephalous images, it critically reevaluates and seeks to demonstrate the disputed orthodoxy of this iconography from a theological, artistic, and aesthetic perspective. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 2169-1304 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theological studies
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040563918766704 |