Resumen de "Heilige Repräsentation" / "Santa Rappresentazione": Zur Deutung des Bardi-Altars von Botticelli in Berlin
The article reproduces and discusses a 1484-1485 altar painting by Italian artist Sandro Botticelli commissioned by the Florentine banker Giovanni d'Agnolo de' Bardi for the Santo Spirito church in Florence, Italy. The work portrays the haloed baby Jesus in a linen wrap being held by his enthroned mother, who is flanked by John the Baptist and John the Evangelist. The author comments on the spatial structure of the painting and its Christian symbolism and argues that the work ought to be titled "Scared Representation" rather than "Sacred Conversation."
