Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-244) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : Titian, charismatic painter -- Icons and agency : the San Rocco Christ carrying the cross -- Icons and exegesis in Ferrara : Christ with the coin and Judith/Salome -- Erasmian icons : visualizing the Philosophia Christi -- Icons and community : Rome and the network of Ecce homos -- Rupestrian icons : Ecce homo on slate, Mater Dolorosa on marble, and the matter of devotion -- Explicit icons : historicity between tradition and self -- The twilight of the icon? : Titian's Pietà€ in the Galleriie dell'Academia.
Summary:
"A reexamination of the career of Titian, the only Renaissance artist credited by contemporaries with painting a miracle-working image. Argues that a major part of the artist's legacy is to be found in his charismatic entrance into the tradition of Christian icon painting"-- Provided by publisher.
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