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Considerados dos referentes de la escultura gótica europea, los sepulcros de D. Pedro y Dª Inés de Castro (c. 1360-1367), del Monasterio de Alcobaça (Portugal), han suscitado la máxima atención y estudio desde finales del siglo XIX. La calidad técnica, el anonimato de su ejecución y la complejidad del programa iconográfico de los dos monumentos, han alimentado esa fascinación conduciendo a numerosas lecturas e interpretaciones. El reconocimiento de que los temas narrados obedecen a una selección consciente y pensada, de carácter biográfico y con una gran cohesión entre sí, ha llevado a los estudiosos a privilegiar algunas de las representaciones narrativas presentes en los sepulcros, consideradas raras en la iconografía medieval portuguesa, tales como la Rueda de la Vida/Rueda de la Fortuna y el Juicio Final, dejando relegadas otras como la detallada representación de la vida y martirio de San Bartolomé. El propósito de este trabajo reside, precisamente, en un análisis minucioso de este episodio contrastado con fuentes escritas y con otras obras coetáneas. La rareza de los programas iconográficos relacionados con la vida de San Bartolomé en el arte medieval europeo justifica, igualmente, el interés despertado por el sepulcro de D. Pedro I.
Considered as two reference points of European gothic sculpture, the tombs of D. Pedro and Inês de Castro (c. 1360-1367) in the monastery of Alcobaça, Portugal, have been the subject of great attention and study since the end of the 19th century. The technical quality, the anonymity of their execution and the complexity of the iconographic programme of the two monuments has fuelled this fascination and led to many readings and interpretations. The recognition that the narrated themes follow a cohesive, conscious, thought out selection of a biographical nature has led scholars to privilege some of the narratives represented on the tombs considered rare in Portuguese medieval iconography, including the Wheel of Life/Wheel of Fortune and the Last Judgement. However, these approaches have overlooked the detailed representation of the life and martyrdom of St Bartholomew. The purpose of this paper is precisely that: a thorough analysis of these episodes in conjunction with written sources and other contemporary works. The rarity of iconographic works referring to the life of St. Bartholomew in European medieval art equally justifies the interest shown in D. Pedro I's tomb.
Humanities, Humanidades
Humanities, Humanidades
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