Royal Divine Coronation Iconography. Preliminary Considerations
Mirko Vagnoni
In recent decades, art historians have stressed the benefits of analysing medieval images and their contents within specific context and, in particular, underlined importance visual impact on contemporary beholders to determine functions meanings. other words, analysis a image, it has become fundamental verify where was collocated whom aimed at, which practical reasons made for (its visibility, fruition, usability). As result, new perspectives been opened, creating an active historiographical debate about one most fascinating studied iconographic themes Middle Ages: royal divine coronation. Hence, there complete rethinking function meaning this theme. For instance, coronation king might not symbolically allude his earthly power but devotional hope receiving crown eternal life afterworld. Moreover, case some Ottonian Salian illuminations, historiographers proposed that only celebrative (a manifesto political ideologies legitimized power), also liturgical religious. This paper places topic framework provides preliminary methodological considerations order stimulate research.
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