Art and Miracle in Renaissance Tuscany (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781108426848)

In this book, Robert Maniura explores the role and importance of the miraculous image in the art and devotional practices of Renaissance Italy. Using the records of Giuliano Guizzelmi, a Tuscan lawyer, he focuses on his stories of miracles of local shrines, including Santa Maria delle Carceri, a painting of the Virgin Mary on a wall of the town prison, and the relic of her belt in the Prato Cathedral. Guizzelmi's stories build a powerful picture of the visual culture of the period, involving images that were kissed, worn and applied to sick bodies in rituals of healing. They also place his devotional activity in the context of his everyday life. Moreover, the paintings of Guizzelmi's burial chapel also engage with contemporary pictorial conventions and show how his concerns can inform our understanding of contemporary art, notably the works of his late fifteenth-century contemporaries, Ghirlandaio, Perugino and Filippino Lippi.

Author: Robert Maniura
ISBN-10: 1108426840
ISBN-13: 9781108426848
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/29/2018
Pages: 276
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 10.40h x 7.50w x 0.60d