Scirea, Fabio (2024) Teofania absidale e missione di evangelizzazione: il caso di San Giovanni a Cividino, Bergamo (XI secolo). Fenestella. Inside Medieval Art, 5. pp. 125-140. ISSN 2784-8663
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[EN] An Apse Theophany and the Mission of Evangelisation: The Case of San Giovanni in Cividino, Bergamo (11th century) San Giovanni in Cividino is a small church in the Bergamo area dating to the mid-eleventh century. The apse preserves painted fragments that are contemporary with the building itself – elements that have received little scholarly attention so far, yet are of notable quality and display a distinctive iconography. The paintings are located beneath the semi-dome, which now bears a sixteenth-century Maiestas Domini. Within an ornamental frame that recalls early medieval models, the remains of eleven standing figures are visible; that most likely represented the apostles engaged in the Mission following Christ's Resurrection. Between them, at the centre of the apse, two large glass amphorae flank a small plant. Might these vessels have contained the water used for the baptism of conversion? Finally, a zoomorphic velarium runs along the dado, depicting the struggle between Good and Evil, between order and disorder.
| Tipologia del documento: | Articolo in rivista |
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| Parole chiave: | Iconography; Romanesque wall painting; Maiestas Domini; Romanesque Wall Paintings; Bergamo |
| Soggetto: | D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general |
| Depositato il: | 21 Ago 2026 21:40 |
| Ultima modifica: | 22 Ago 2026 14:26 |
| URI: | https://www.rmoa.unina.it/id/eprint/7943 |
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