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Art, Ritual, and Civic Identity in Medieval Southern Italy

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Description for Art, Ritual, and Civic Identity in Medieval Southern Italy Hardback. Num Pages: NO. Dimension: 237 x 260 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1754.
In Art, Ritual, and Civic Identity in Medieval Southern Italy, Nino Zchomelidse examines the complex and dynamic roles played by the monumental ambo, the Easter candlestick, and the liturgical scroll in southern Italy and Sicily from the second half of the tenth century, when the first such liturgical scrolls emerged, until the first decades of the fourteenth century, when the last monumental Easter candlestick was made. Through the use of these objects, the interior of the church was transformed into the place of the story of salvation, making the events of the Bible manifest. By linking rites and setting, liturgical ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
1753g
Number of Pages
308
Place of Publication
University Park, United States
ISBN
9780271059730
SKU
V9780271059730
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About Nino Zchomelidse
Nino Zchomelidse is Assistant Professor of Art History at Johns Hopkins University.

Reviews for Art, Ritual, and Civic Identity in Medieval Southern Italy
[Nino Zchomelidse] is to be thanked for producing a work which is both stimulating and provocative. -Valentino Pace, Burlington Magazine Formidably learned, its dense arguments ranging widely over literature and theology as well as sculpture and painting, and discussing Byzantine, central, and northern Italian exemplars as well as those from southern Italy, the book is by no means easy ... Read more

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