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The Miraculous Image in Renaissance Florence

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Description for The Miraculous Image in Renaissance Florence Hardback. In Renaissance Florence, certain paintings and sculptures of the Virgin Mary and Christ were believed to have extraordinary efficacy in activating potent sacred intercession. The author questions what distinguished these paintings and sculptures from other similar sacred images. Num Pages: 400 pages, 80 colour images + 170 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; AFKB; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1924.

In Renaissance Florence, certain paintings and sculptures of the Virgin Mary and Christ were believed to have extraordinary efficacy in activating potent sacred intercession. Cults sprung up around these “miraculous images” in the city and surrounding countryside beginning in the late 13th century. In The Miraculous Image in Renaissance Florence, Megan Holmes questions what distinguished these paintings and sculptures from other similar sacred images, looking closely at their material and formal properties, the process of enshrinement, and the foundation legends and miracles associated with specific images. Whereas some of the images presented in this fascinating book are well known, such ... Read more


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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
396
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300176605
SKU
V9780300176605
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-32

About Megan Holmes
Megan Holmes is professor of the history of art at the University of Michigan. 

Reviews for The Miraculous Image in Renaissance Florence
“The Miraculous Image in Renaissance Florence. . .is the fruit of long, sustained and carefully considered research.”—Richard Cork, Apollo
Richard Cork
Apollo
“Megan Holmes’s The Miraculous Image in Renaissance Florence explores this fascinating and hitherto neglected subject with admirable clarity and insight.” —David Ekserdjian, The Spectator
David Ekserdjian
The Spectator
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