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In the Courts of Religious Ladies: Art, Vision, and Pleasure in Italian Renaissance Convents
Giancarla Periti
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Description for In the Courts of Religious Ladies: Art, Vision, and Pleasure in Italian Renaissance Convents
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 100 color + 110 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; AGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216. .
This fascinating study considers the poetic and mythological artworks made for elite female monastic communities in Renaissance Italy. Nuns from the patrician class, who often disregarded obligations of austerity and poverty, commissioned sensually appealing, richly made artifacts inspired by contemporary courtly culture. The works of art transformed monastic parlors, abbatial apartments, and nuns' cells into ornate settings, thereby enriching and complicating the opposition of religious and worldly spheres. This unconventional monastic and yet courtly decoration was a new form of art in the way it entangled the sacred and the profane. The artwork was intended to edify both intellectually and ... Read more
This fascinating study considers the poetic and mythological artworks made for elite female monastic communities in Renaissance Italy. Nuns from the patrician class, who often disregarded obligations of austerity and poverty, commissioned sensually appealing, richly made artifacts inspired by contemporary courtly culture. The works of art transformed monastic parlors, abbatial apartments, and nuns' cells into ornate settings, thereby enriching and complicating the opposition of religious and worldly spheres. This unconventional monastic and yet courtly decoration was a new form of art in the way it entangled the sacred and the profane. The artwork was intended to edify both intellectually and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
1528g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300214239
SKU
V9780300214239
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About Giancarla Periti
Giancarla Periti is Associate Professor in the Department of the History of Art at the University of Toronto.
Reviews for In the Courts of Religious Ladies: Art, Vision, and Pleasure in Italian Renaissance Convents
Periti's well documented, beautifully illustrated book provides insight into life and art within elite Renaissance convents. -Choice Choice