Visibilità della fama, infamia della Croce e un nuovo concetto di gloria
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.13129/2240-5380/11.2021.27-40Keywords:
Visual culture of Middle ages, Infamy, History of fame, Passion narrative.Abstract
This article aims to discuss the meaning of ‘fame’ as a generator of visibility against the background of the radical change in the dynamics of representation proposed by Christian thought. The first section shows how the concept of earthly fame or ‘vainglory’ is part of a broader discourse on the mechanisms of vision that refer to two opposing orders of knowledge. We will see how this contrast becomes clear when the concept of fame / glory short-circuits with its opposite, infamy, and establishes a new perspective of the gaze. The second section is focused on the paradox of the cross, throne of glory and infamous gallows. This apparently contradictory image is one of the dramaturgical pivots of the Franciscan Passion narrative. Through the story of a naked, miserable and radically humiliated glory, the Order built the script of the “theater of humility” and made it the manifesto of their idea of sequela.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Articles and conference papers published in Mantichora are distributed under the terms and conditions of a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Correspondingly, authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
