줄리오 로마노의 만토바 저택: 메르쿠리우스로 표현된 화가의식The Facade Decoration of Julio Romano’s House in Mantua: Ideas on Painting Expressed through Mercury
- Other Titles
- The Facade Decoration of Julio Romano’s House in Mantua: Ideas on Painting Expressed through Mercury
- Authors
- 이한순
- Issue Date
- 2012
- Publisher
- 한국미술이론학회
- Keywords
- 줄리오 로마노 (Julio Romano); 카사 핍피 (Casa Pippi); 머큐리 (Mercury); 능변술 (the concept of eloquence); 화가의 저택 (artist’s house); 미술이론 (art theory)
- Citation
- 미술이론과 현장, no.14, pp.159 - 186
- Journal Title
- 미술이론과 현장
- Number
- 14
- Start Page
- 159
- End Page
- 186
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hongik/handle/2020.sw.hongik/19153
- ISSN
- 1738-1789
- Abstract
- Julio Romano decorated the facade of his house in Mantua with a statue of Mercury to give expressions to his ideas on painting. Hereby the painter from Rome could show his home to the world as that of a painter. To be concrete, Mercury was the planet god to which visual artists belonged, and so was basically related to visual arts. In his role to deliver diverse features of art works Mercury could also convey concepts and emotions expressed in a picture to the viewer. The power of a painting to arouse certain emotions or move the mind of the viewer was further connected to the role of Mercury as the guide of the human soul. This function again related the Roman god to the characteristic of a portrait to present absent persons to the viewer.
Above the statue of Mercury, a Lucian head of the god is seen, so that they together form the central axis of the facade. This seems to emphasize that the theme of the facade decoration was the powerful persuasive forces of eloquence. The two masks on the left could then refer to sources of eloquence, I.e. various beautiful expressions of a language and its generative process. On the other hand, the masks on the right could represent consequences of eloquence, for instance, prudence, evil effects which come about to imprudent listeners, and other influences on listeners.
Finally, it would be useful to remind us of a line from On Architecture by Leon Battista Alberti. According to the humanist architect parts of a building which are seen from the outside, like a facade, should be appropriately designed, since the decoration of a house could play a significant role to enhance the fame and honor of the family and its fatherland. This theory of Alberti could have provided the foundation to the facade decoration of the Casa Pippi which proudly presented the profession of painting to the public in visual form.
- Files in This Item
- There are no files associated with this item.
- Appears in
Collections - Graduate School > Aesthetics & Art History > 1. Journal Articles
Items in ScholarWorks are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.