Divino artista

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Divino artista ( the divine artist ) is a term used in early Italian art historiography and implies that “the creative abilities of the artist are part of the creative power of God”, that is, an artist, a tool enabled by God to create something completely new. The term denotes an attribution of genius .

Concept history

Francesco Maria Molza , called Divino because of his outstanding knowledge ..., frontispiece in Dottori Modenesi , 1665

Leon Battista Alberti recognized the "alter deus" , the "other god" in the artist . Vasari's artist biographies made a significant contribution to the concept of the divino artista .

Divino as an attribute for an artist appears for the first time in the third and final revision of Ariost's bestseller Orlando furioso from 1532, where Ariost himself writes: "Michel più che mortal Angel divino". Michelangelo is listed here in a list that also includes Homer , Plato , Dante or Petrarch . Occasionally, the "title" is given - retrospectively - to musicians, poets and artists of the 15th century; in the 16th century, Titian , Aretino and Ariostus themselves were also winners of this award. Michelangelo in particular is referred to as a Divino artista (cf. Francisco de Holanda ).

In Germany, this model of thought is represented for the first time by Albrecht Dürer . Werner Busch analyzes the self-portrait in Dürer's fur skirt with this in mind . Opposite the divino artista , according to Katharina Bantleon, is the idea of ​​the "deus artifex" , the god who creates equal artists.

literature

  • Patricia A. Emison: Creating the "Divine" Artist . From Dante to Michelangelo. Leiden, Boston: Brill 2004. (Cultures, Beliefs and Traditions. Medieval and Early Modern Peoples. Vol. 19.) ISBN 978-90-04-13709-7
  • Ulrich Langer: Divine and Poetic Freedom in the Renaissance. Nominalist Theory and Literature in France and Italy . Princeton Univ. Press 1990. ISBN 978-0-69160269-1

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hugh Honor, John Fleming: World History of Art . Munich 2007., p. 423.
  2. ↑ Katharina Bantleon. Vincent van Gogh in the feature film. The artist's life and work in Vincente Minelli's 'Lust for Life'. Leykam: Graz 2008, p. 16
  3. ↑ Hanno Rauterberg: Renaissance artist: There has never been so much genius . In: The time . No. 31/2011 ( online ).
  4. ↑ Quoted from Ulrich Pfisterer's review of Patricia A. Emison: Creating the "Divine" Artist. In: Sehepunkte. Edition 6. 2006. No. 9. [1]
  5. ↑ See Arnold Hauser . Social history of art and literature. Munich: CHBeck 1990. p. 346: "He is not a count, not a councilor, not a papal superintendent, but he is called the 'divine'."
  6. ↑ Werner Busch: The autonomy of art. Beltz 1985. in: Klant, Schulze-Weslarn, Walch (eds.). Basic Art Course 1. Schroedel 1988. p. 10ff.
  7. ↑ Katharina Bantleon. Vincent van Gogh in the feature film. The artist's life and work in Vincente Minelli's 'Lust for Life'. Leykam: Graz 2008, p. 16