Confraternities and the Visual Arts in Renaissance Italy: Ritual, Spectacle, Image - Hardcover

Wisch, Barbara; Ahl, Diane Cole

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521662885 ISBN 13: 9780521662888

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

First published in 2000, Confraternities and the Visual Arts in Renaissance Italy: Ritual, Spectacle, Image was the first book to consider the role of Italian confraternities in the patronage of art. Eleven interdisciplinary essays analyze confraternal painting, sculpture, architecture, and dramatic spectacles by documenting the unique historical and ritual contexts in which they were experienced. Exploring the evolution of devotional practices, the roles of women and youths, the age's conception of charity, and the importance of confraternities in civic politics and urban design, this book offers illuminating approaches to one of the most dynamic forms of corporate patronage in early modern Italy.

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Book Description:

This 2000 book was the first to consider the role of Italian confraternities in the patronage of art. Eleven interdisciplinary essays analyze confraternal painting, sculpture, architecture, and dramatic spectacles by documenting the unique historical and ritual contexts in which they were experienced.

Review:

Review of the hardback: '... succinctly introduces the reader to the devotional and charitable aims of the confraternities.' Brian Tovey, Art Newspaper

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0521662885
• ISBN 13: 9780521662888
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 330