Titian's Icons: Tradition, Charisma, and Devotion in Renaissance Italy. Christopher J. Nygren. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2020. xix + 250 pp. $99.95

[...]he “troped” the image by engaging the viewer as interpreter; when Christ asks a question viewers are provoked to think about how the question applies to their own lives. [...]by using new technologies such as stone supports—that is, “transposing,” in Nygren's language—the beholder is chall...

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Published in:Renaissance quarterly 2022-04, Vol.75 (1), p.234-235
Main Author: Hall, Marcia B.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Traditions
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Summary:[...]he “troped” the image by engaging the viewer as interpreter; when Christ asks a question viewers are provoked to think about how the question applies to their own lives. [...]by using new technologies such as stone supports—that is, “transposing,” in Nygren's language—the beholder is challenged to seek a relationship between the material and the message (21). The critical volte-face is the Ecce Homo (Madrid, Prado) presented by Titian in person to the emperor Charles V when he visited the court at Augsburg in 1548.
ISSN:0034-4338
1935-0236
DOI:10.1017/rqx.2022.19