Original scientific paper

Ivan Kokot

Abstract

The subject of this article are the themes Michelangelo made (1532 - 1540?) for two of his life's dearest friends Vittoria Colonna, marchesa of Pescara and Thomas de'Cavalieri, young Roman aristocrat. The writer is emphasizing here, the following points: 1) to the four or five, usually taken as made for each one of these two friends, could well be added other four or five themes illustrating the same symbol-allegorical idea. 2) all of these themes should definitely not be neglected, ewenless ignored, as they usually are, because of the lost originals, they have been fortunately saved just as the copies - some made by don Giulio Klović. 3) at the contrary, they are all rather quite important not only because they are some of just few chosen ones by Michelangelo himself but most of all to illustrate his personal double (dogmatic and moral) theology of salvation. Not, as it is persistently repeated of his (and of his friends so called »solafideism«. Namely, the paintings (for Marchesa) taken from the Gospel, symbolizing the Christo-mariological dogmatic theology while the mythological »carte« (for T. de' Cavalieri) ilustrating his orthodox moral theology of salvation. - The article is dedicated to the glorious memory of don Giulio Klović de Croazia, »maximus in minimis« the esteemed friend of Michelangelo and of two named ones, particularly, because Klović saved by his perfect coples some of the originals - a fact not acknowledged (1978) for the IV-th centennial of his immortality.

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Hrčak ID:

37458

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/37458

Publication date:

25.2.1981.

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