Giovanni Battista Naldini's Pietà:Humility and Love

作     者：Liana De Girolami Cheney 

作者机构：University of Massachusetts LowellLowellUSA 

出 版 物：《Cultural and Religious Studies》 (文化与宗教研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2021年第9卷第11期

页      面：493-520页

学科分类：0601[历史学-考古学] 06[历史学] 07[理学] 0712[理学-科学技术史(分学科，可授理学、工学、农学、医学学位)] 

主　　题：Pietà Lamentation humility Giorgio Vasari Giovanni Battista Naldini Christian iconography Mannerism Michelangelo's tomb Franciscan Order Counter-Reformation 

摘      要：In 1564,in honor of the death of Michelangelo Buonarroti(1475-1564),an artistic extravaganza was invented by the Benedictine monk Vincenzo Borghini(1515-1580)-prior of the hospital of the innocents,humanist,and administrator of the Florentine Academy of Design(Accademia del Disegno or Florentine Academy)-and was implemented by Giorgio Vasari(1511-1574)-artist,writer,and artistic director of the Academy,who engaged his Florentine assistants to work on the execution of the tomb in the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence(see Figure 1).The commission of Michelangelo’s tomb was prompted by his nephew,Lionardo[Leonardo]Simoni-Buonarroti(1522-1599),and the Grand Duke of Tuscany,Cosimo I de’Medici(1519-1574).The tomb was completed in *** designed the architectural monument,and his assistants,members of the Florentine Academy,collaborated in the following manner:The sculptures of the Fine Arts were carved by Giovanni Bandini(1540-1599),who represented the personification of architecture;Valerio di Simone Cioli(1529-1599),who represented the personification of Sculpture;and Battista Lorenzi(1527-1594),who represented the personification of Painting and the portrait bust of *** Battista Naldini(1537-1591)completed al fresco the burning urns,the purple-colored doorway of the tomb,the suspended canopy,and the Pietàin the center of the marble *** latter artistic contribution is the topic of this essay.