Michelangelo’s Centauromachia is strictly related with ancient art. The cultural background of his first years of activity has been studied by many scholars, who individuated some key-figures of his youth: one of them is Bertoldo di Giovanni. The strong link between Michelangelo’s Centauromachia and a bronze-relief executed by Bertoldo was established over a century ago. The relief of Bertoldo di Giovanni has its most direct model in a late-roman sarcophagus, which he had seen in Pisa. This paper aims to prove the existence of a direct iconographical link between three figures of the Centauromachia and three fighting figures of another late-roman sarcophagus in Pisa: the sarcophagus A 13 est.

La Centauromachia di Michelangelo e il sarcofago A 13 est. del Camposanto di Pisa

Veronica Sofia Tulli
2018

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Michelangelo’s Centauromachia is strictly related with ancient art. The cultural background of his first years of activity has been studied by many scholars, who individuated some key-figures of his youth: one of them is Bertoldo di Giovanni. The strong link between Michelangelo’s Centauromachia and a bronze-relief executed by Bertoldo was established over a century ago. The relief of Bertoldo di Giovanni has its most direct model in a late-roman sarcophagus, which he had seen in Pisa. This paper aims to prove the existence of a direct iconographical link between three figures of the Centauromachia and three fighting figures of another late-roman sarcophagus in Pisa: the sarcophagus A 13 est.
2018
Settore L-ART/02 - Storia dell'Arte Moderna
Michelangelo; Centauromachia; sarcofagi; Pisa
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