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

Barbara Wisch (State University of New York),Diane Cole Ahl (Lafayette College, Pennsylvania)

Confraternities and the Visual Arts in Renaissance Italy: Ritual, Spectacle, Image
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
15 September 2011
Pages
332
ISBN
9781107403406

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

Barbara Wisch (State University of New York),Diane Cole Ahl (Lafayette College, Pennsylvania)

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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