Changing Meaning of Piero della Francesca’s Flagellation Cover Image

Les déplacements de sens de La Flagellation du Christ de Piero della Francesca
Changing Meaning of Piero della Francesca’s Flagellation

Author(s): Sophie Guermès
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Komisja Nauk Filologicznych Oddziału Polskiej Akademii Nauk we Wrocławiu
Keywords: painting; Italy; Piero della Francesca;mystery; art criticism

Summary/Abstract: Piero della Francesca’s Flagellation is perhaps the most mysterious painting of the Renaissance. From the fifteenth century to now, it has been understood in different ways and raised endless interpretations. Although remaining a masterpiece of art, it has become a hermeneutic object at the crossroads of Religion, History, Philosophy and Poetry. Thus, this ancient painting is paradoxically still an open work, whose meaning will never be definitive

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 265-272
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: French