Les stratégies de la narration dans la peinture médiévale

Medieval narrative strategies in Western art, particularly those adapted from the Cotton Genesis tradition, are revealed through an analysis of the 12th-century frescoes in Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe's nave barrel vault. This study demonstrates how the frescoes reinterpret Byzantine and Carolingian traditions to reflect themes from Augustine's De civitate Dei, blending political and theological narratives into a cohesive visual storytelling framework. The research employs comparative iconographic analysis, tracing the evolution of narrative techniques from the 5th-century Om Cotton Genesis manuscript through to later medieval art, highlighting Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe as a pivotal example of this adaptation.

Angheben, M. (Ed.). (2020). Les stratégies de la narration dans la peinture médiévale. Culture et Société Médiévales. https://doi.org/10.1484/m.csm-eb.5.116110