The book examines Miserere (Rouault's graphic masterpiece and a summa of his oeuvre) with reference to the issues of religion and the memory of war experience, identifying it as the origin of a devotional and penitential style that in the mid-century years was to grant Rouault the definition of "greatest modern religious artist", but later on was to lead him to lose his position in the art-historical canon of the XXth century.
Il testo analizza il Miserere, capolavoro grafico di Rouault e "summa" della sua intera opera, in relazione ai temi della della religiosità e della memoria dell'esperienza di guerra, identificandovi l'origine di uno stile devozionale e penitenziale che ha dapprima imposto Rouault come "massimo artista religioso moderno" e quindi lo ha portato a perdere il ruolo da lui ricoperto all'interno del canone storico-artistico del Novecento.
Georges Rouault. Miserere et Guerre / Altea, Giuliana. - (2012).
Georges Rouault. Miserere et Guerre
ALTEA, Giuliana
2012-01-01
Abstract
The book examines Miserere (Rouault's graphic masterpiece and a summa of his oeuvre) with reference to the issues of religion and the memory of war experience, identifying it as the origin of a devotional and penitential style that in the mid-century years was to grant Rouault the definition of "greatest modern religious artist", but later on was to lead him to lose his position in the art-historical canon of the XXth century.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
