Depicting the bread of the Last Supper: religious representation in Italian Renaissance society

Prior to about 1500 most depictions of the Last Supper in Western art showed unleavened bread on the table, but since then leavened bread has usually been shown. This change involved the abandonment of what was understood at the time to be a historically-accurate representation of the Last Supper, i...

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Главный автор: Albury, W. R. (Автор)
Другие авторы: Weisz, G. M.
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: 2009
В: The journal of religion & society
Год: 2009, Том: 11
Другие ключевые слова:B Вид
B Italian
B Lord's Supper; Art
B Ренессанс (мотив)
B Bread; Religious aspects
B Christian
B Lord's Supper; History of doctrines; 0600-1500
B Council of Florence (1438-1445)
B Lord's Supper; Bread and wine
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Итог:Prior to about 1500 most depictions of the Last Supper in Western art showed unleavened bread on the table, but since then leavened bread has usually been shown. This change involved the abandonment of what was understood at the time to be a historically-accurate representation of the Last Supper, in favor of a historically-inaccurate one. The present article examines the combination of artistic, religious, and social factors that made this development uncontroversial when it occurred and that allowed it to persist during the Reformation and Counter-Reformation period when many aspects of religious art became subject to rigorous control.
Объем:17
ISSN:1522-5658
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: The journal of religion & society
Persistent identifiers:HDL: 10504/64431