Raffaello takes the same rod-breaking iconographic theme from his master Pietro Perugino. A semantic survey on Latin word radius and Greek ράβδος. [Read more…] about Raffaello Sanzio and a Rod Semantics
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Pietro Perugino and the Moon, Lady of the Rod
A rod, in this Perugino’s fresco, is accompanied by white doves, a serpent, and a carriage. But, moreover, is held by its very synonym: Moon-Diana. [Read more…] about Pietro Perugino and the Moon, Lady of the Rod
Pietro Perugino and the Decemviri Black Horned Motherhood
Apparently orthodox but, when enlarged, the Decemviri Altarpiece by Perugino reveals not-so-canonical details. First of all a pair of out-of-place black Horns. [Read more…] about Pietro Perugino and the Decemviri Black Horned Motherhood