ANDROMEDA'S LIBERATION IN MONASTERY. COSMAS DAMIAN ASAM'S FRESCO PAINTING AT BREVNOV (1726) REVISITED

• Authors: Bazant Jan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In the ceiling fresco of the main hall of the monastery's prelature a privileged position was accorded to the depiction of nude Andromeda. In order to glorify Perseus' piety and restraint, she had to be an attractive woman, a counterpart of music, perfumes, food and drink and the other pleasures of the flesh. The ceiling painting proclaims that the Iustitia of the Brevnov monks firmly rests on a triad of moral virtues, Sapientia, Fortitudo and Temperantia. Into this ideological program the story of Perseus was embedded, the pagan hero being presented as a forerunner and alter ego of Blessed Guntherus. The old story celebrated the antiquity of the Brevnov monastery and its classical aura tied it with Rome and its imperial tradition.

Keywords

EN

ANCIENT MYTHOLOGY; BAROQUE PAINTING; BENEDICTINE ARCHABBEY BREVNOV; COSMAS DAMIAN ASAM; FRESCOS; TRADITIONS OF ANTIQUITY

Discipline

• ARTS_&_ARCHITECTURE: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Eirene. Studia Graeca et Latina
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 234-249
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Bazant Jan

• Jan Bazant, redakce Eirene, Kabinet pro klasicka studia FLU AV CR, v.v.i., Na Florenci 3, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10CZAAAA084527