L’ordre des Prêcheurs dans l’iconographie méridionale et ses modes de représentation
Year: 2001
Type: article
Abstract: The Order of Preachers in Southern French Iconography and its Modes of Representation. Dominican memory partly rests on an iconographie tradition formed after 1250, when the Order somewhat moved away from the ascetic path of its beginnings. From the second half of the 13th century on, figurative representations spread in monasteries. Their role was to convey the Preachers’ community and the life it intended to lead by praising the Order’s apostolic mission within Church. In the 14th century, the Order felt it was and showed itself as, particularly through Saint Thomas, the guardian of divine word ; it introduced itself as successor of the apostles and thus on the same level as bishops. In the 15th century, the Preachers’ past, as portrayed, eventually identified itself with the past of Christianity, with a strong emphasis on the repression of heresies. The representation of Saint Dominic then became a very common topic again when Observance was established, as guarantee of reform and rebuilding. Yet, even if the Order of Preachers recognized itself in the saints it honoured, it did not arouse the people’s devotion and, in Dominican monasteries themselves, most of the chapels and churches bore the names of traditional intercessors.
Source: Cahiers de Fanjeaux
Author: Daniel Russo
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2468324606