For over three centuries Piero della Francesca’s Flagellation has sparked great interest among scholars and academics all around the world who have built complex demonstration plans in order to reveal its true meaning, in attempt to identify historical events that could form a correct chronology. The intent of these pages is to insert the painting in the centuries-old iconographic tradition, an essential reference to Piero and his commissioners, that can clarify its meaning. Hints to the Montefeltro dukes’ conspiracies and joyful or unpleasant events, or Costantinopoli’s fall, alongside the call to the crusade against the Turks, have been set aside. It will now be possible to go back to enjoy the painting in its absolute formal perfection.
University of Siena, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-6012-1996
Book Title
La Flagellazione di Piero della Francesca
Book Subtitle
Il significato manifesto
Authors
Alessandra Gianni
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
102
Publication Year
2023
Copyright Information
© 2023 Author(s)
Content License
Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press, USiena Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0206-0
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0205-3
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0206-0
Series Title
Quaderni del Dipartimento di Scienze storiche e dei beni culturali