Le pitture murali frammentarie della chiesa di San Zeno a Bardolino: iconografia e fasi esecutive
Francesca Moscardo
The church of San Zeno in Bardolino maintains a basically intact early medieval setting: the mural decoration, very fragmentary and constituted by at least two execution phases, has so far been subject to partial analysis. This essay aims fill critical gap first cataloging painted fragments identifying, wherever possible, iconographic belonging one or another stage construction site. Crossing off restoration data few archival sources, with stylistic stratigraphical analysis plasterwork, distinct decorative moments were rebuilt: Carolingian era, which was affect entire wall surface there are but exceptional (including rare sinopia), other be dated 14th century totally unpublished. study found that most ancient paintings show remarkable analogies series examples connecting Northern Italy Langobardia minor , within same figurative horizon half 9th century; closer affinities, however, noticed figures carolingian layers northern apse basilica Verona, confirming surprisingly homogeneous artistic production Veronese area.