For over 550 years, the passionate Magdalene has been running with her veil streaming behind, screaming, to the body of Jesus, dead on the ground. This life-size statue, originally painted to mimic flesh and clothes, pushes the limits of the medium, terracotta. Renaissance men and women could walk among Niccolo dell’Arca’s sculptures, feeling as if they were present at this terrible moment in Christian history. Dr. Una D’Elia’s research focuses on such living sculptures, stories of statues coming to life, and people touching, dressing, attacking, and generally treating sculptures as if they were alive.
Submission Year:
2016-17
Photographer's affiliation:
Faculty
Academic areas:
Arts and Science
Photo:
Categories:
Faculty / Researcher
Faculty of Arts and Science
Department of Art History and Art Conservation
Mobilizing Creativity and Enabling Cultures
Creative Production and Expression
Location of photograph:
Church of Santa Maria della Vita, Bologna
Prize name:
Photographer's name:
Una D’Elia
Display Photographers Affiltion + Faculty or Department:
Faculty, Art History and Art Conservation