UNSPECIFIED (1999) A Christian romance: The frescoes of San Galgano at Montesiepi. In: XXIXth International Congress of the History of Art, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, SEP 01-07, 1996. Published in: MEMORY AND OBLIVION pp. 643-651. ISBN 0-7923-4213-5.

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Abstract

The Abbey of San Galgano near Siena was once the most important Cistercian community in Central Italy, built around the shrine of the twelfth-century saint's miraculous conversion. Medieval pilgrims knew this and came to honour Galgano's memory, but modern visitors have forgotten his cult: acolytes of the Trecento painter Ambrogio Lorenzetti, they come instead to see the fresco cycle attributed to him in Galgano's rotunda shrine. Yet these images were created by and for the Cistercian community, a living monument to Galgano's holy life, and the sacred locus of his continuing cult and power. By inscribing the particular histories of the community and its founder within larger narratives of sin, penance, and redemption, these frescoes worked within the Christian romance of Montesiepi: a heroic cycle of personal transformation, where every monk or pilgrim, including the patron Ristoro da Selvatella, might renew a quest for God in Galgano's footsteps.

Item Type:	Conference Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Subjects:	N Fine Arts
Journal or Publication Title:	MEMORY AND OBLIVION
Publisher:	SPRINGER
ISBN:	0-7923-4213-5
Editor:	Reinink, W and Stumpel, J
Official Date:	1999
Dates:	Date Event 1999 UNSPECIFIED
Number of Pages:	9
Page Range:	pp. 643-651
Publication Status:	Published
Title of Event:	XXIXth International Congress of the History of Art
Location of Event:	AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
Date(s) of Event:	SEP 01-07, 1996

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