Petra TabarelliMay 13, 2023

#Histodons, especially art historians, I am puzzling over a ceiling painting and hope you can help me. It's about God's hair.

There are depictions of God with half baldness (in my case: Nazarene style, modelled on Paolo Veronese) or depictions with full hair. When and why did the "fashion" change? Or does it depend on the artist?

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#ArtHistory #ChurchPainting #CoronationOfMary @histodons

Show threadPetra Tabarelli
I am specifically interested in a ceiling painting of Mary's coronation by the Trinity. As I said: Nazarene style, modelled on Paolo Veronese. God has a half bald head, as is so often the case with Veronese. During renovation work in the 1960s, the painting was professionally cleaned, but with minor colour additions: God a few more hairs, even a fringe painted over it.
May 13, 2023 at 3:07pmWeb
Show threadPetra TabarelliMay 13, 2023
This is the painting in question after veronese, in which God is now resplendent with a full head of hair.