Crusading ideology and the frescoes of S. Maria in Cosmedin

• Autores: Anne Derbes
• Localización: Art bulletin, ISSN 0004-3079, Vol. 77, Nº 3, 1995, págs. 460-478
• Idioma: inglés
• Texto completo no disponible (Saber más ...)
• Dialnet Métricas: 2 Citas
• Resumen

  • Frescoes in the nave of S. Maria in Cosmedin, Rome, depict the vision of Ezekiel opposite scenes of Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar. This idiosyncratic program dates from 1123, the year that the church was consecrated by Pope Calixtus II, and is generally interpreted in light of the Investiture Controversy. I argue that it also reflects contemporary crusading propaganda. In the early 112Os Calixtus mounted a new crusade, self-consciously emulating Urban II, who had launched the First Crusade. In locating his crusading frescoes in S. Maria in Cosmedin, praised by Urban “above all others,” Calixtus reinforced the identification with his predecessor.