Confraternities and the Visual Arts in Renaissance Italy: Ritual, Spectacle, Image (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781107403406)

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.

Author: Barbara Wisch,Diane Cole Ahl
ISBN-10: 1107403405
ISBN-13: 9781107403406
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2011
Pages: 332
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.69d