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Author: Natalia F. Borovskaya
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PhD in History of Art, Professor, Ilya Glazunov Russian Academy of painting, sculpture, and architecture, Miasnitskaya 21, 101000 Moscow, Russia.

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Borovskaya, N.F. “Uomo interrogante — ‘The Questioner’: About Some Iconological Features of the Interpretation of Gospel in Renaissance Painting.” Dostoevsky and World Culture. Philological journal, no. 2 (18), 2022, pp. 175–191. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22455/2619-0311-2022-2-175-191

Received: 25 Jan. 2022
Published: 25 June 2022
Issue: 2022 no. 2 (18)
Department: DOSTOEVSKY: HIS READINGS
Pages: 175-191
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22455/2619-0311-2022-2-175-191
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https://elibrary.ru/PVQYYG

UDK: 7.034
BBK: 85.103(3)
Keywords: iconology, iconography, Gospel, Masaccio, Tizian, Questioner, composition, manner of painting.
Abstract: The article analyses several Italian Renaissance works of art on Gospel themes that show a new type of character, “The Questioner” (Uomo interrogante), who through the interpretation of the Gospel by means of painting turns from an episodic character into a protagonist engaged in a dialogue with God.

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