Date of Award
Spring 5-2-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art & Art History
First Advisor
Christian Kleinbub
Second Advisor
Susanna Cole
Academic Program Adviser
Lynda Klich
Abstract
This study explores pictorial moiré in Renaissance Italian paintings, arguing that its liquid appearance held spiritual and humanist resonances beyond luxury. Through dissemblant facture, artists Giovanni Bellini, Mantegna and Raphael rendered a moiré with overtones of the Incarnation, sacred fluidity, and fertility, creating meditative sites of theological and cultural meaning.
Recommended Citation
Birkelund, Olivia, "Moiré and its Ineffable Liquidity: A Study of Pictorial Watered Silk in the Works of Andrea Mantegna, Giovanni Bellini and Raphael" (2025). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/1311
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