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Investigations by Sara Penco stem from the insightful finding of the absence of a key figure in the Sistine Chapel’s Last Judgement<\/em> fresco. Prior to this illuminating research, Mary Magdalene was not unequivocally identified within Michelangelo’s masterpiece. Father Pfeiffer, with whom Penco establishes an inescapable dialectic, had already hypothesised the presence of Mary Magdalene in the fresco, but it is the scholar, for the first time in these pages, who convincingly justifies her identification. Mary Magdalene is closely connected to the salient episodes in the life of Jesus. The author rightly wonders, therefore, how it is possible that a figure so central to the biblical narrative and the Christian imagination could have been excluded from the depiction of the Parousia. This observation gives rise to an accurate reflection on the iconography of the saint and the Judgement, in relation to the sacred texts and in relation to Michelangelo’s poetics and production. Sara Penco traces Mary Magdalene in the tangle of figures on the wall behind the altar of the Sistine Chapel, contributing to characterise the fresco – one of the best known and most appreciated works in the world – with an unprecedented theological message.<\/p>\n

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Reveals the fresco of The Last Judgement in every detail thanks to astonishing ultra-high gigapixel photography. The 1:1 ratio to the Chapel’s frescoes allows reader to see the work of art as Michelangelo himself would have painted it from the scaffolding at the top of the Chapel. Text in English and Italian.
The new reading key of the Judgement Asia Graziano
\nMichelangelo’s Magdalene? Yvonne Dohna Schlobitten
\nA JUDGEMENT OF HOPE Sara Penco
\nThe presence of Mary Magdalene beside Christ the
\nRedeemer
\nThe place that symbolises christianity
\nThe Last Judgement
\nThe iconological message
\nThe man at the centre of everything
\nThe message of hope
\nThe two characters on the right edge of the wall
\nHypothesis of identification of the figure of Mary
\nMagdalene
\nThe apostle of the apostles
\nThe timeless charm of the most mysterious woman in
\nthe history of christianity
\nThe yellow crocus dress and the capacity of
\ndiscernment
\nThe tension on the face of Mary Magdalene
\nMary Magdalene: the model of righteousness and the
\nintermediary between Christ and humanity
\nA scandalous Last Judgement
\nMary Magdalene, a model of righteousness beyond
\nslander and calumny
\nA window on the Garden of Eden
\nSharing the cross as a source of hope
\nNecessity of the cross in God’s plan
\nThe connection between the cross-bearer and the
\nwoman who kisses the cross. The group of Martyrs
\nand that of Confessors
\nWho is the mighty cross-bearer?
\nReasonings on the reiteration of Christ the Judge in
\nChrist the Redeemer
\nThe hermeneutics of the Judgement finds its roots in
\ntradition
\nWhy are Christ the Redeemer and Mary Magdalene
\nrelegated to the right edge of the wall?
\nMary Magdalene and Christ the Redeemer
\nChrist the Judge, Christ the Redeemer and the
\nApollo Belvedere: beauty as a synonym of purity
\nThe dual event: an imperative Christ the Judge and
\nJesus who became man
\nThe dramatic nature of the Judgement and the search
\nfor the “positive aspect”
\nThe historical context at the time of the planning of
\nthe Last Judgement: the Renaissance in Europe
\nAn environment forged in the passage between
\nPlatonism and Neoplatonism: beauty as the highest
\nexpression in God and in transcendence
\nFriendship with the Marquise Vittoria Colonna. The
\nSpirituals’ circle and the need to reform the Catholic
\nChurch
\nVittoria Colonna and Mary Magdalene: two women
\nfirm in their love for Christ
\nA unique opportunity
\nThe Sistine Chapel and Michelangelo in literature
\nMichelangelo: a model of a good christian
\nObserve, listen, comprehend: hermeneutics in art
\nThe scientific method in support of the encoding of
\nhermeneutics in art
\nThe apostle of the apostles in Michelangelo’s fresco
\nand in the words of Pope Francis
\nThe Sistine Chapel: humanity is welcomed into the
\nhouse of God
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Yvonne Dohna Schlobitten A JUDGEMENT OF HOPE Sara Penco The presence of Mary Magdalene beside Christ the Redeemer The place that symbolises christianity The Last Judgement The iconological message The man at the centre of everything The message of hope The two characters on the right edge of the wall Hypothesis of identification of the figure of Mary Magdalene The apostle of the apostles The timeless charm of the most mysterious woman in the history of christianity The yellow crocus dress and the capacity of discernment The tension on the face of Mary Magdalene Mary Magdalene: the model of righteousness and the intermediary between Christ and humanity A scandalous Last Judgement Mary Magdalene, a model of righteousness beyond slander and calumny A window on the Garden of Eden Sharing the cross as a source of hope Necessity of the cross in God’s plan The connection between the cross-bearer and the woman who kisses the cross. The group of Martyrs and that of Confessors Who is the mighty cross-bearer? Reasonings on the reiteration of Christ the Judge in Christ the Redeemer The hermeneutics of the Judgement finds its roots in tradition Why are Christ the Redeemer and Mary Magdalene relegated to the right edge of the wall? Mary Magdalene and Christ the Redeemer Christ the Judge, Christ the Redeemer and the Apollo Belvedere: beauty as a synonym of purity The dual event: an imperative Christ the Judge and Jesus who became man The dramatic nature of the Judgement and the search for the “positive aspect” The historical context at the time of the planning of the Last Judgement: the Renaissance in Europe An environment forged in the passage between Platonism and Neoplatonism: beauty as the highest expression in God and in transcendence Friendship with the Marquise Vittoria Colonna. The Spirituals’ circle and the need to reform the Catholic Church Vittoria Colonna and Mary Magdalene: two women firm in their love for Christ A unique opportunity The Sistine Chapel and Michelangelo in literature Michelangelo: a model of a good christian Observe, listen, comprehend: hermeneutics in art The scientific method in support of the encoding of hermeneutics in art The apostle of the apostles in Michelangelo’s fresco and in the words of Pope Francis The Sistine Chapel: humanity is welcomed into the house of God Acknowledgements","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/mary-magdalene-in-michelangelos-judgement\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/mary-magdalene-in-michelangelos-judgement\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/mary-magdalene-in-michelangelos-judgement\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9791280717498-04-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9791280717498-04-2.jpg","width":1400,"height":1720},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/mary-magdalene-in-michelangelos-judgement\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Books","item":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/books\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Mary Magdalene in Michelangelo’s Judgement"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/","name":"ACC Art Books UK","description":"One of the world\u2019s leading publishers and distributors of books on the arts and visual culture","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#organization","name":"ACC Art Books UK","url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Acc-Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Acc-Logo.png","width":64,"height":100,"caption":"ACC Art Books UK"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ACCArtBooks\/","https:\/\/x.com\/accartbooks"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/64529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=64529"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=64529"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=64529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}