Divine and Demonic Imagery at Tor de'Specchi, 1400-1500 : : Religious Women and Art in 15th-century Rome / / Suzanne Scanlan.
This book offers the first English-language examination of art commissioned by religious women in fifteenth-century Rome. Detailed photographs show readers the impressive array of paintings commissioned by oblates for their living quarters, Tor de'Specchi. The book focuses primarily on the sens...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package 2016-2018 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Visual and Material Culture, 1300 -1700
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (276 p.) :; 25 color plates, 61 halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List Of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Demonic And Divine Bodies
- 1. Sanctity On The Threshold: Liminality And Corporeality At Tor De'Specchi
- 2. Painted Visions And Devotional Practices At Tor De'Specchi
- 3. Dining And Discipline At Tor De'Specchi: The Refectory As Ritual Space
- 4. The Devil In The Refectory: Bodies Imagined At Tor De'Specchi
- Epilogue: Imagining The Canonization Of Francesca Romana
- Appendix: Statutes Of Ordination For The Beata Francesca
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index