Wall painting, civic ceremony, and sacred space in early Renaissance Italy
"Focusing on four large mural decorations created by celebrated Florentine artists between 1377 and 1484, this book investigates how mural paintings affirmed civic identities by visualizing ideas, experiences, memory, and history. It offers new insights into the motives and mechanics of patrona...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cambridge New York, NY
Cambridge University Press
2025
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| In: | Year: 2025 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Italy
/ Mural painting
/ Sacral building
/ History 1375-1485
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| Further subjects: | B
Painting, Early Renaissance (Italy)
Themes, motives
B Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance (Italy) Themes, motives B Art and society (Italy) (Florence) History To 1500 B Mural painting and decoration, Italian (Italy) Themes, motives |
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| Summary: | "Focusing on four large mural decorations created by celebrated Florentine artists between 1377 and 1484, this book investigates how mural paintings affirmed civic identities by visualizing ideas, experiences, memory, and history. It offers new insights into the motives and mechanics of patronage and artistic production"-- "Larger, more ornate, and more seemly" : Agnolo Gaddi and the Chapel of the Holy Belt in Prato -- "A most devout place" : the Camposanto from cemetery to civic space in fourteenth century Pisa -- "Most holy and unique in the world" : Filippo de' Medici, Benozzo Gozzoli and the completion of the Camposanto in the fifteenth century -- Rome in Spoleto : Bishop Berardo Eroli, Fra Filippo Lippi, and the Coronation of the Virgin murals in the Duomo of Spoleto. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | viii, 471 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-1-009-53522-9 978-1-009-53523-6 |
