Mona Lisas mysterious smile: the artist initiate in esoteric new religions
The article discusses the view, held by many nineteenthcentury authors, of Leonardo da Vinci as an esotericist, and his La Gioconda as mysterious, sinister and filled with hidden signs. This "esoterization" of the painting and its creator was part of a broader tendency to view artists, bot...
| Published in: | Nova religio |
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Californiarnia Press
[2016]
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| In: |
Nova religio
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Leonardo, da Vinci 1452-1519, Mona Lisa
/ Interpretation of
/ New religion
/ Esotericism
/ History 1800-1900
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements TJ Modern history |
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| Summary: | The article discusses the view, held by many nineteenthcentury authors, of Leonardo da Vinci as an esotericist, and his La Gioconda as mysterious, sinister and filled with hidden signs. This "esoterization" of the painting and its creator was part of a broader tendency to view artists, both historical and contemporary, as magicians and mystics in some sense. Hereby, art became integrated into the endeavors of various esoteric groups and thinkers, and an originally secular Renaissance work was absorbed into a nineteenth-century "occulture" or "cultic milieu." |
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| ISSN: | 1092-6690 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Nova religio
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1525/nr.2016.19.4.14 |