title: The Interpretation of Emblem Concordia by Andrea Alciato in Peter Paul Rubens and Diego Velázquez paintings
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metadata.value: Demidova, Maria A.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2020-03-20T10:46:36Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2020-03-20T10:46:36Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-03
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Demidova, Maria. “The Interpretation of Emblem Concordia by Andrea Alciato in Peter Paul Rubens and Diego Velázquez paintings”. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Arts 10, no. 1 (2020): 152–176.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu15.2020.108
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/17256
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article postulates that two famous paintings of the 17th century “The Surrender of Breda”
  by Diego Velazquez and “Meeting of the two Ferdinands” by Peter Paul Rubens were influenced
  by the emblem “Concordia” from Andrea Alciato’s book. This point of view has already
  been discussed repeatedly in relation to Velázquez’s painting, but for the first time it
  is expressed with reference to Rubens’s work. The hypothesis is justified by the analysis of
  the historical and cultural situation, mainly, by the materials related to the ceremonial entry
  of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand to Antwerp in April 1635. The painting “Meeting of the two
  Ferdinands” has also been considered in the context of the “solemn encounter” type of works,
  among which it occupies a particular place due to its emphasized centerpiece — handshake,
  symbolic motif, derived from the Roman antiquity. The new interpretation turns the emblem
  “Concordia” into a connecting link between the two works by Rubens and Velázquez. It further
  justifies the point of view of those researchers who wrote about the formal proximity of
  the two paintings. Both artworks were created at the same time (1634–1635), and their relationship
  does not seem to be a coincidence, although it remains unclear how two artists could
  learn about each other’s ideas. The article offers an answer to the long-posed question: why
  the significant handshake motif, taken from the “Concordia” emblem, is absent in Velázquez’s
  painting. The analysis of the work by the Spanish painter brings to light the complex allegorical
  composition, hidden behind the realistic manner of that historical canvas. The revealed
  distinction in regard to the mentioned emblem indicates the clandestine polemical position of
  the younger artist, who might have deliberately taken a similar theme after his older colleague,
  but made a completely different interpretation.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Arts;Volume 10; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Andrea Alciato
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Diego Velázquez
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Peter Paul Rubens
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Thirty Years War
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: emblem
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: antique tradition
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: historical picture
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Breda
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Nördlingen
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The Interpretation of Emblem Concordia by Andrea Alciato in Peter Paul Rubens and Diego Velázquez paintings
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metadata.value: Article
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resources.filename: 152-176.pdf
resources.url: https://dspace.spbu.ru/bitstream/11701/17256/1/152-176.pdf
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