Transformations of time and temporality in Medieval and Renaissance art /
Cohen, Simona.
A multifaceted picture of the dynamic concepts of time and temporality is demonstrated in medieval and Renaissance art, as adopted in speculative, ecclesiastical, socio-political, propagandist, moralistic, and poetic contexts. Questions regarding perception of time are investigated through innovative aspects of Renaissance iconography.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A multifaceted picture of the dynamic concepts of time and temporality is demonstrated in medieval and Renaissance art, as adopted in speculative, ecclesiastical, socio-political, propagandist, moralistic, and poetic contexts. Questions regarding perception of time are investigated through innovative aspects of Renaissance iconography.
Introduction -- Part one: Sources and prototypes of the renaissance iconography of time -- Concepts of time in classical philosophy -- Classical personifications of time -- Early Christian and medieval concepts of time -- Time and temporality in medieval art -- The Romanesque zodiac: its symbolic function on the church facade -- Part two: Changing concepts of time in the renaissance -- Introduction: Changing concepts of time in the renaissance -- The renaissance personification of time in illustrations to Petrarch's Trionfo del Tempo -- Time, virtuousness and wisdom in Giorgione's Castelfranco fresco -- Kairos/Occasio - Vicissitudes of propitious time from antiquity to the renaissance -- Veritas filia temporis: time in Cinquecento propoganda -- Epilogue.
Time in art.
Time
Time perception
Art, Medieval
Art, Renaissance