Susanna, the elders and a fountain: iconography and performance in 15–16th centuries

Abstract

The article studies ways of interpreting the Susanna story in the Renaissance and Baroque art, that continued medieval iconographic models. Examining specific features of the late Susanna iconography, the author drew attention to some architectural and decorative elements, in particular, to the fence around the fountains, that played an important compositional and semantic role. This iconography is interpreted in a connection with the theatrical productions of the 15–16th centuries, based on the apocrypha. Such performances partly took place next to the main city fountains. The author examines the iconographic material in a broad cultural context, explaining some of the features as reflections of everyday realities, and drawing parallels with literary texts, mostly, with "Susanna" by Sixt Birck, which had great importance for the European drama.

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     Дан.   
       
     
        
     
        
     
       
      
* 
 
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1 
        

       

     
       
        
      
         



Сусанна, старцы, фонтан:
иконография и спектакль в XV–XVI вв.*
З. А.Лурье
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     
     
         
        
       

     
     
        
      
      




      
        




     
       
       

     
      
      
       
     


2 

3           
          
 
            
       
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     
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        
        
    
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       
        
      
     
     
       
        
     
       
        
      
      
       
 

       
 
      
       
        

       
 
       

      


      
         
 
  Иер.       
  

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       
      
 
       
    
      
          
     
      
      
         


      

       
        

        
       
     
       
  
        
Дан. 
  
     
      
     
     
Tert. Cypr.Clem. Alex.Orig.
 Ambros.  August. 
Hier.Euseb.Athan.  
Greg. Naz.
6         


           

     
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      
       
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
       
 
       
     
       
      
      
        
         
       
      


        
       
          
 
  

 
  
            
        
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
     
       
      
 
    
    
      
      


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

         
       
        
   de facto    
       
        
       
        
         
      
        
       
       
        
      
        

      
       
      
10          
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     
      
      

       
        

       

      

       
     
      
       
       
      
 
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 
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11  
          
         
        
      

12 

13        

         
         
       
             
         

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     
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      
        

      
      
      
        

        
        
      
       
     

        

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       
        
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       
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      
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    Дан.      
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       
     
       
         
         
     
    
       
          
     
         
         
      

     
        
       
        

         
      
       

     
     
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    
        
     
     
       
      

          
         
        

     
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
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
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          
  
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      
       

 
 
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      
       
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     

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     
       
     

        
        
       

       
      

        

20 
        

21          
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      
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
       
       
      
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      
        
         
     
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       
     
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       
         
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      
       
       
          
 
        


22 
    
                  

23          

 
 
 
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        
     
    
       
       
       
 
       
         
        
        
      
       

       


        
     
       
       
          
      


       
        

          

   
 

      

     
        

NH8.indb 187 5/6/16 7:42 PM

 Сусанна, старцы, фонтан...
 
NH8.indb 188 5/6/16 7:42 PM



NH8.indb 189 5/6/16 7:42 PM

 Сусанна, старцы, фонтан...


NH8.indb 190 5/6/16 7:42 PM




NH8.indb 191 5/6/16 7:42 PM

 Сусанна, старцы, фонтан...


NH8.indb 192 5/6/16 7:42 PM




NH8.indb 193 5/6/16 7:42 PM

 Сусанна, старцы, фонтан...


NH8.indb 194 5/6/16 7:42 PM


Иллюстрации
       Sacra
Parallela















       


      









NH8.indb 195 5/6/16 7:42 PM