Autore
Jacobowitz-Efron, Leon

Titolo
Dante in Pistoia. The frescoes of the Cappella del Giudizio
Periodico
Quaderni storici
Anno: 2012 - Volume: 140 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 443 - Pagina finale: 469

This article examines the fifteenth century fresco fragments of the Cappelladel Giudizio in Pistoia's San Zeno cathedral. It recognizes the hithertounidentified subject matter of the heavily damaged fresco on the westwall to be part of a depiction of Dante's Inferno, showing it was a renderingof Nardo di Cione's cycle from the Cappella Strozzi di Mantova ofSanta Maria Novella in Florence. This identification validates that Dante'simaginative portrayal of the afterlife was reproduced visually outside of Florence,and that the Comedy was used as a graphic vocabulary for religiousartwork outside of Dante's native city. The article further shows the politicalcontext that may have affected the choice to render the Strozzi versionin Pistoia, and places the Cappella del Giudizio within the context ofDante's religious reception, showing that by the time it was painted Dantewas already considered a paragon of vernacular-secular piety, worthy of beingcited by preachers, as well as «cited» on church walls in the form offrescoes.



SICI: 0301-6307(2012)140:2<443:DIPTFO>2.0.ZU;2-C
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