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The so-called Aldobrandini Wedding : research from the years 1990 to 2016 / Frank G.J.M. Müller ; with contributions by Carla Benocci and Valter Proietti ; English translation: Gary P. Vos.

Title
The so-called Aldobrandini Wedding : research from the years 1990 to 2016 / Frank G.J.M. Müller ; with contributions by Carla Benocci and Valter Proietti ; English translation: Gary P. Vos.
Author
Müller, Frank G. J. M.
Publication
Amsterdam : FM Art Publications, 2019.

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Additional Authors
  • Benocci, Carla.
  • Proietti, Valter, 1946-
  • Vos, Gary P.
Description
xii, 187 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans, portraits; 29 cm.
Summary
The years between 1990 and 2016 have witnessed a remarkable upsurge in the interest in the famous Roman fresco known as the Aldobrandini Wedding (Le Nozze Aldobrandini), now in the Vatican Museums. The present author published a monograph on this fresco in 1994, but a spate of new information prompted him to rethink afresh the problems posed by the Aldobrandini Wedding to a contemporary viewer. The main research questions of the present publication relate to the original shape and form which the fresco must have had in antiquity; when and where it originated; why it cannot possibly be the representation of ancient wedding rituals (as is generally assumed); the meaning of the image depicted on the wall painting; problems relating to the original archaeological context and the formal relationship with other representations which are also considered to be 'Brautbilder'. The overriding purpose of the writer has been to situate the famous wall painting as fully as possible within the body of Roman wall paintings found elsewhere, notably in Pompei and Herculaneum. The value of this new study on the Aldobrandini Wedding may be found primarily in the choice of different premises and the consistent application of a ?microscopic? iconographical analysis. This monograph offers a more reliable base and a new orientation for further discussions on the famous fresco.
Uniform Title
De zogeheten Aldobrandijnse Bruiloft. English
Alternative Title
De zogeheten Aldobrandijnse Bruiloft.
Subjects
Note
  • Translation of: De zogeheten Aldobrandijnse Bruiloft : onderzoek uit de jaren 1990 tot 2016.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
  • 9789090319186
  • 9090319182
LCCN
2019466191
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries