Seeing the Shroud: Guarini's reliquary chapel in Turin and the ostension of a dynastic relic

• Autores: John Beldon Scott
• Localización: Art bulletin, ISSN 0004-3079, Vol. 77, Nº 4, 1995, págs. 609-637
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This study examines the ritual exhibition of the Holy Shroud and its impact on the design of Guarini's chapel in Turin. The analysis reconstructs the architect's original idea, which visually united Turin Cathedral and the Shroud Chapel with the purpose of creating a sacred theater for the ceremonial display of the relic. Special attention is given to the Roman sources of Guarini's scenographic solutions and to the political dimension of the ritual function of the chapel. Observations about the spiritual significance that “seeing” the Shroud had for seventeenth-century viewers conclude the investigation.