False Religion and Hypocrisy in Signorelli's Antichrist
This article discusses the iconography of Luca Signorelli's Sermon and Deeds of the Antichrist (c.1502-3) in the Cappella Nuova at the cathedral of Orvieto. A combined investigation of the Antichrist's subject matter, Signorelli's literary and visual sources, as well as his discarded...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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Studies in church history
Year: 2024, Volume: 60, Pages: 121-147 |
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| Summary: | This article discusses the iconography of Luca Signorelli's Sermon and Deeds of the Antichrist (c.1502-3) in the Cappella Nuova at the cathedral of Orvieto. A combined investigation of the Antichrist's subject matter, Signorelli's literary and visual sources, as well as his discarded drawings for the entire fresco decoration of the Cappella Nuova, brings fresh insights to the thematic intentions of the artist and his advisers. Signorelli's entire view of eschatology marked a renewed interest of Italian artists in the apocalyptic sublime. It also signified a revival of the medieval tradition of the Antichrist as the arch-hypocrite, and his reign as an apocalyptic age of hypocrisy. At the same time, the artist's treatment of the subject matter indicates an ambiguous stance toward religious hypocrisy characterized by a suppression of the anti-clerical and millenarian aspects of the Antichrist myth. |
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| ISSN: | 2059-0644 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in church history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/stc.2024.6 |
