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Fascicolo monografico | 29 | 2020
Articolo | Des figures hors cadre
Des figures hors cadre
L’émergence du corps sculpté dans l’architecture de la Renaissance en France
Abstract
Sculpted Renaissance medallions, inspired by ancient coins and clipeatae imagines, were developed in French monuments from around 1500 to 1550. First applied to the surface of the wall and restricted to a face, they showed, around 1530-1540, transformations related to the adaptation and variation of the body in the decoration. Characters in very high relief, sometimes represented up to the hips, were multiplied, freed from their frame, addressing the viewer and creating illusion games when they were placed in false windows. These decorations thus testify to the relationship between structure and sculpture and the growing humanisation of the wall.
Presentato: 19 Luglio 2019 | Accettato: 14 Ottobre 2019 | Pubblicato 11 Dicembre 2020 | Lingua: fr
Keywords Medallions • Busts • Portraits • Ornament • Renaissance
Copyright © 2020 Sarah Munoz. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/VA/2385-2720/2020/01/012
