Bierbaum, Kirsten Lee (2019). White as a Threshold. Giacomo Serpotta's Oratory of the Rosary of Santa Cita in Palermo. Z. Kunstgesch., 82 (3). S. 400 - 437. MUNICH: DEUTSCHER KUNSTVERLAG GMBH. ISSN 0044-2992
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Upon entering the Oratory of the Rosary at St. Cita in Palermo, the viewer is immediately overwhelmed by an unexpected sensation of light and whiteness: this previously unstudied monochromy is a key characteristic of Serpotta's stucco decoration. This paper proposes a reading of the oratory as a liminal space - one that requires a reconstruction of the ephemeral elements once present: the group of devout brothers; the ritualized actions they perform; daylight, candles and flowers. By imagining this original setting, the oratory becomes a monochrome preconception of a heavenly locus conclusus. White stucco, therefore, is employed as the material for divine presence, but instead of typically appearing in the vault, the divine lowers itself onto the walls and thus into the mortal world, creating a threshold space between heaven and earth.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-160438 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1515/ZKG-2019-3006 | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Z. Kunstgesch. | ||||||||
| Volume: | 82 | ||||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | S. 400 - 437 | ||||||||
| Date: | 2019 | ||||||||
| Publisher: | DEUTSCHER KUNSTVERLAG GMBH | ||||||||
| Place of Publication: | MUNICH | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0044-2992 | ||||||||
| Language: | German | ||||||||
| Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Unspecified | ||||||||
| Subjects: | no entry | ||||||||
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| Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||
| URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/16043 |
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