Séminaire : “The Power of Images – From the Devil’s Point of View”, Florence, Villa I Tatti (et zoom), le 27 mars 2025, à 18h
Speaker: Jasmin Mersmann (I Tatti / Freie Universität Berlin) In 1501, a Florentine gambler defiles an image of Mary in a public representation of the Annunciation. He is sentenced to death, but the fresco—as if in compensation—henceforth performs miracles. An episodic panel, which later served as a predella for the fresco, depicts the Devil as the instigator of the act. Drawing on this and other case studies, the talk examines the paradoxical role of the...