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Title:

Art, politics and civic religion in Central Italy, 1261-1352 : essays by postgraduate students at the Courtauld Institute of Art / edited by Joanna Cannon and Beth Williamson.

Publisher:

Ashgate,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

317 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Art, Italian
Art, Gothic--Italy, Central.
Public art--Italy, Central.
Art and state--Italy, Central.
Art patronage--Italy, Central.

Other Authors:

Cannon, Joanna.
Williamson, Beth.
Courtauld Institute of Art.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: secular power and the sacred in the art of the central Italian city-state / Joanna Cannon -- The decoration of the west wall of the Sala del Mappamondo in Siena's Palazzo Pubblico / Thomas de Wesselow -- Reconstructing the programme of the tomb of Guido Tarlati, Bishop and Lord of Arezzo / Georgina Pelham -- The reliquary of the Holy corporal in the cathedral of Orvieto: patronage and politics / Giovanni Freni -- San Ranieri of Pisa: a civic cult and its expression in text and image / Lily Richards -- Coppo di Marcovaldo's Madonna del Bordone: political statement or profession of faith? / Gianna A. Mina -- 'Civitas virginis'? The significance of civic dedication the the Virgin for the development of Marian imagery in Siena before 1311 / Briget Heal.

Series:

Courtauld research papers ; no. 1

ISBN:

9781840146356
1840146354 (hb)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)42798100

LCCN:

99055000

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)