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Author:

Holmes, Megan, 1959-

Title:

The miraculous image in Renaissance Florence / Megan Holmes.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

ix, 381 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 29 cm

Subject:

Christian art and symbolism--Florence.--Florence.
Mary,--Blessed Virgin, Saint--Art.
Mary,--Blessed Virgin, Saint--Devotion to--Florence.--Florence.
Jesus Christ--Art.
Jesus Christ--Cult--Florence.--Florence.
Devotional objects--Florence.--Florence.
Renaissance--Florence.--Florence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-365) and index.

Contents:

Medieval Christian image cults and Florentine relic cults -- The chronological development of Florentine image cults -- The topography of the sacred in the city -- The Florentine contado and subject territories -- Image and efficacy -- The physiognomy, metaphors, and style of sacred embodiment -- Enshrinement: framing and veiling -- Image cults and the Florentine Renaissance.

ISBN:

0300176600 (hbk.)
9780300176605 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)821271482

LCCN:

2012048819

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)