Two of Lorenzo Lotto’s paintings, "Christ Taking Leave of His Mother, with Elisabetta Rota" (1521) and the "Portrait of Fra Gregorio Belo" (1547), are interpreted as theoretical objects according to the definition of this concept by Hubert Damisch. The compositional structure and iconography of these paintings illustrates independently the William J. Thomas Mitchell’s theory. According to this theory, the visual medium and the verbal medium cannot be separated, despite having clearly different characteristics. The method used here brings together Iconology and Visual Semiotics. This allows us to recognize the nesting media theory expressed in Lotto’s two paintings, beyond the specific historical subjects they represent.
Pour un emboîtement médiatique et méthodologique. Deux tableaux théoriques de Lorenzo Lotto / Rossi, A. - In: IMAGES RE-VUES. - ISSN 1778-3801. - 11:(2013).
Pour un emboîtement médiatique et méthodologique. Deux tableaux théoriques de Lorenzo Lotto
ROSSI A
2013-01-01
Abstract
Two of Lorenzo Lotto’s paintings, "Christ Taking Leave of His Mother, with Elisabetta Rota" (1521) and the "Portrait of Fra Gregorio Belo" (1547), are interpreted as theoretical objects according to the definition of this concept by Hubert Damisch. The compositional structure and iconography of these paintings illustrates independently the William J. Thomas Mitchell’s theory. According to this theory, the visual medium and the verbal medium cannot be separated, despite having clearly different characteristics. The method used here brings together Iconology and Visual Semiotics. This allows us to recognize the nesting media theory expressed in Lotto’s two paintings, beyond the specific historical subjects they represent.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
