Left arch of the Portico of Glory. Iconography
master mateo (1161 – 1217)
Master Mateo (c. 1161-1217), Spanish sculptor of the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, renowned for his Portico de la Gloria reliefs & religious figures.
Музей Фундации Собора Сантьяго-де-Компостела (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
Музей Кафедрального собора Сантьяго: погрузитесь в историю паломничества на Святой Иаков, откройте для себя шедевры Мастера Матеуса и уникальные артефакты. Почувствуйте дух Сантьяго!
This last scene, commonly from Byzantine art, does not come from the Bible but from one of the apocryphal gospels, the Nicodemus. It is told that when Christ is deposited in the grave, he goes down to limbo to liberate the righteous, who had not been able to adhere to the Christian faith, characters who were before him, were from the Old Testament. That is why he is represented alongside Adam and Eve and others who have been identified as Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses and David. As for Christ, he represents himself beardless because what descends into limbo is his soul and the soul in the Middle Ages was represented as a child.
Об этом произведении
- Название: Left arch of the Portico of Glory. Iconography
- Художник: master mateo
- Год: 1188
- Формат: Portrait
- Правовой статус: Общественное достояние
- Местонахождение: Музей Фундации Собора Сантьяго-де-Компостела
- Контекст корпуса: early christian symbolism , master mateo's legacy
- Основной цвет: Rosy Brown
- Ключевые слова: stone carving detail , pilgrimage art , art reproduction
- Цветовой тон: Ochre to Sepia


