Abstract
This paper analyses one of the most representative monuments of Byzantine painting in Calabria. It is the church in the town of Stilo, known as Cattolica. It is believed to date from the last quarter of the tenth or the beginning of the eleventh century. After a brief historiographical and architectural analysis of the building, the author considers the chronological and stratigraphical problems of the frescoes preserved inside the church. In this process, he pays particular attention to the Byzantine layers of fresco painting that were done from the end of the tenth to the end of the thirteenth century. An in-depth analysis of the frescoes from the first phase of decoration from the end of the tenth or the beginning of the eleventh century has produced valuable results that could lead to collecting fresh data about possible artistic contacts and the routes along which the models traveled between southern Italy and the countries of the Byzantine cultural circle.
Highlights
Questo saggio analizza un monumento fra i piu emblematici della vicenda della pittura bizantina in Calabria, la Cattolica di Stilo, attualmente datata tra l’ultimo quarto del X e l’inizio dell’XI secolo
It is the church in the town of Stilo, known as Cattolica
It is believed to date from the last quarter of the tenth or the beginning of the eleventh century
Summary
Dopo una prima breve analisi storiografica ed architettonica dell’edificio, lo studio affronta quelle che sono le problematiche cronologiche e stratigrafiche degli affreschi campiti all’interno della piccola chiesa, analizzando nello specifico le fasi pittoriche piu fortemente bizantine che vanno dalla fine del X alla fine del XIII secolo. L’approfondita analisi degli affreschi della prima fase decorativa di fine X inizio XI secolo ha restituito preziosi risultati che potrebbero innestare nuovi possibili contatti e trasmissioni di modelli e, in un contesto piu ampio, fornire al bagaglio artistico e culturale del nostro Mezzogiorno ulteriori confronti con la realta artistica bizantina. Parole chiave: Stilo, Italia meridionale, pittura bizantina, affreschi, Crocifissione, liturgia
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