{"id":2084,"date":"2013-09-16T14:37:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T14:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/2013\/09\/16\/conceptual-packaging-of-a-very-special-belt-to\/"},"modified":"2015-07-15T11:08:56","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T09:08:56","slug":"conceptual-packaging-of-a-very-special-belt-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2013\/09\/16\/conceptual-packaging-of-a-very-special-belt-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Maso di Bartolomeo: conceptual packaging, of a very special belt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.8rem; line-height: 3rem;\">Perhaps today, with no \u201coperating instructions\u201d, it wouldn\u2019t be that easy to grasp the rich conceptual pattern of the Capsella della Sacra Cintola, by Maso di Batolomeo (1448, circa). However, once this latter is understood, it becomes clear that this artwork can be compared to those of artists who<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1.8rem; line-height: 3rem;\">, <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.8rem; line-height: 3rem;\">in every epoch, have investigated the relationship between form, language, information and idea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The reliquary intended to contain the Sacra Cintola, that is to say Mary\u2019s relics which, so it\u2019s recounted, tied the cloth of the Virgin, then raised to Heaven (the Assumption). The object\u2019s name and shape is of a small case: \u201ccapsella\u201d, capsule in Latin, a kind of jewelry box where, at that time, were placed ornaments of the feminine costume, such as the belt. However, since the Virgin, besides being a woman, was also a mother, the patron decided to call it Vasculum (\u201cVas\u201d, little vase or vasello as he had it engraved inside the lid), a term that reminds to the idea of Mary as \u201cvase of God\u201d. At this point the meanings, like the game of Chinese boxes, increase: \u201cvase\u201d is indeed the womb that bore Christ, but \u201cvase\u201d is also Mary who embraces the devoted with her mercy, whereas the little vase (the object of Maso di Bartolomeo) ties (that is, contains) the belt that in turn wrapped the Virgin to her earthly life. These interactions suggested by this little object culminate in the close similarity between the shape of the case and the architecture of the typical antique temples.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you are eager to admire this masterpiece you will find it on show at \u201cLe printemps de la Renaissance. La sculpture et les arts \u00e0 Florence, 1400-1460\u201d, Paris, Mus\u00e9e du Louvre, from September, 26<sup>th<\/sup> until January, 6<sup>th<\/sup> 2014. To find out more about the cultural environment that \u201cgave birth\u201d to the Capsella visit \u201cDa Donatello a Lippi. Officina pratese\u201d, Prato, Palazzo Pretorio, until January 13th, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maso di Bartolomeo<\/strong> (Capannole Valdambra 1406-Ragusa di Dalmazia 1456),\u00a0Capsella della Sacra Cintola, 1446-1448, golden copper, ivory, wood, cm\u00a014,5 x 20,2 x 13,5. Prato, Museo dell\u2019Opera del Duomo, inv. AGJ 1777. \u00a0Credit: Fototeca Ufficio Beni Culturali Diocesi di Prato<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps today, with no \u201coperating instructions\u201d, it wouldn\u2019t be that easy to grasp the rich conceptual pattern of the Capsella della Sacra Cintola, by Maso di Batolomeo (1448, circa). However, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1793],"tags":[1174],"class_list":["post-2084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-to-be-discovered","tag-maso-di-bartolomeo","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}