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This article concerns some significant motifs of the Chapel's interior decoration. In its altar wall two female figurines were depicted in the Venus 'genetrix' and 'pudica' form whose nakedness may be interpreted as a neo-Platonic symbol of truth and innate beauty. The symbolism of these figures is expressed as a personification of two kinds of love: celestial and temporal, the former portrayed in...
Drawing on the Bible and 15th-century examples of biblical exegesis, the author of this article seeks to explain the content of the inscription Bartholo Florentino Opifice carved in the dome of the lantern in the Wawel chapel dedicated to the Assumption as well as the causes behind the lofty placing of this inscription within the sphere symbolising empyreal heaven among choirs of angels. This inscription...
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