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Imagining the Human Condition in Medieval Rome - The Cistercian fresco cycle at Abbazia delle Tre Fontane (Paperback)
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Imagining the Human Condition in Medieval Rome - The Cistercian fresco cycle at Abbazia delle Tre Fontane (Paperback)
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The first monograph on the Vita Humana cycle at Tre Fontane, this
book includes an overview of the medieval history of the Roman
Cistercian abbey and its architecture, as well as a consideration
of the political and cultural standing of the abbey both within
Papal Rome and within the Cistercian order. Furthermore, it
considers the commission of the fresco cycle, the circumstances of
its making, and its position within the art historical context of
the Roman Duecento. Examining the unusual blend of images in the
Vita Humana cycle, this study offers a more nuanced picture of the
iconographic repertoire of medieval art. Since the discovery of the
frescoes in the 1960s, the iconographic programme of the cycle has
remained mysterious, and an adequate analysis of the Vita Humana
cycle as a whole has so far been lacking. Kristin B. Aavitsland
covers this gap in the scholarship on Roman art circa 1300, and
also presents the first interpretative discussion of the frescoes
that is up-to-date with the architectural investigations undertaken
in the monastery around 2000. Aavitsland proposes a rationale
behind the conception of the fresco cycle, thereby providing a key
for understanding its iconography and shedding new light on
thirteenth-century Cistercian culture.
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