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Sacred Possessions - Collecting Italian Religious Art, 1500-1900
. Feigenbaum
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Description for Sacred Possessions - Collecting Italian Religious Art, 1500-1900
Paperback. Focusing on the centuries in which the phenomenon of collecting came powerfully into its own, this title analyzes the radical recontextualization of celebrated paintings by Raphael, Caravaggio, and Rubens; brings to light a lost holy tower from fifteenth-century Bavaria; and offers new insights into the meaning of 'sacred' and 'profane'. Editor(s): Ebert-Schifferer, Sybille. Num Pages: 288 pages, 86 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3J; ACN; ACQ; ACV; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 766.
This is a brief history of and investigation into the collecting of sacred art. When works of art created for religious purposes outlive their original function, they often take on new meanings as they move from sacred spaces to secular collections. Focusing on the centuries in which the phenomenon of collecting came powerfully into its own, the fourteen essays presented here analyze the radical recontextualization of celebrated paintings by Raphael, Caravaggio, and Rubens; brings to light a lost holy tower from fifteenth-century Bavaria; and offers new insights into the meaning of 'sacred' and 'profane'. Collecting represents the primary mechanism by ... Read more
This is a brief history of and investigation into the collecting of sacred art. When works of art created for religious purposes outlive their original function, they often take on new meanings as they move from sacred spaces to secular collections. Focusing on the centuries in which the phenomenon of collecting came powerfully into its own, the fourteen essays presented here analyze the radical recontextualization of celebrated paintings by Raphael, Caravaggio, and Rubens; brings to light a lost holy tower from fifteenth-century Bavaria; and offers new insights into the meaning of 'sacred' and 'profane'. Collecting represents the primary mechanism by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Los Angeles, United States
ISBN
9781606060421
SKU
V9781606060421
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About . Feigenbaum
Gail Feigenbaum is a former associate director of the Getty Research Institute. Sybille Ebert-Schifferer is director Bibliotheca Hertziana, Max Planck-Institut fur Kunstgeschichte, Rome.
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