Confraternities and visual arts in renaissance Italy (Ritual, spectacle, image)
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
España peninsular
- Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780521662888
- ISBN10 0521662885
- Tipo LIBRO
- Encuadernación Tela
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Arte Moderno Y ContemporáneoConfraternities and visual arts in renaissance Italy (Ritual, spectacle, image)
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
España peninsular
Detalles del libro
This is the first book to consider the role of confraternities in the patronage and function of art works, a significant phenomenon that has been virtually ignored in scholarship to date. The interdisciplinary essays gathered in this volume examine the painting, sculpture, architecture, drama, and spectacle commissioned by these organizations and also demonstrate the unique historical and ritual contexts in which they were experienced. The role of women and youths in confraternities, the evolution of devotional practices, confraternities and urban planning, and the age's view of charity and philanthropy are among the many topics addressed in this volume. Offering new approaches to understanding confraternal art, this study sheds new light on the most vital forms of corporate patronage in early modern Italy.