Margherita of Cortona and the Lorenzetti is an interdisciplinary study that explores the role of art within the growth of the cult of civic saints in fourteenth-century Italy. It focuses on three versions of the story of Margherita of Cortona narrated on a panel painting, in her tomb reliefs, and in the extensive fresco cycle that once decorated her burial church and whose design is here attributed to Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti. These images present an intriguing contrast with the text of Margherita's Legenda, compiled by her Franciscan confessor, which primarily portrays the intensity of her spiritual life, her asceticism, and her visions.The three visual cycles together provide a sequence that demonstrates the changing significance of Margherita for the people of Cortona in the fifty years following her death. The role of that art-predominantly Sienese in workmanship-in shaping medieval perceptions of the saint is also considered. Profuse illustrations, much of them from new photographs specially made for this book, forms integral part of the argument.Margherita of Cortona and the Lorenzetti introduces an important group of works into the discussion of later medieval art and spirituality and demonstrates the value of visual evidence for our knowledge and understanding of civic religion and religious experience, especially among the laity, in the Italy of the communes.
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A study of the role of art in the cult of a female saint in early 14th-century Italy. It discusses mediaeval art and spirituality and demonstrates the value of visual evidence for our knowledge and understanding of civic religion and religious experience, especially among the Italian laity.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780271017563
Publisert
1999-01-21
Utgiver
Vendor
Pennsylvania State University Press
Vekt
1760 gr
Høyde
279 mm
Bredde
216 mm
Dybde
27 mm
Aldersnivå
05, 06, UU, UP, P
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
384

Biographical note

Joanna Cannon is a Lecturer in the History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London.

Andre Vauchez is Director of the Ecole Francaise de Rome. He is the author of several books, including Sainthood in the Later Middle Ages (1997) and The Laity in the Middle Ages: Religious Beliefs and Devotional Practices, translated by M. J. Schneider (1996).