Illuminating the Vitae patrum - The Lives of Desert Saints in Fourteenth-Century Italy

"Examines the most extensively illustrated codex of the Vitae patrum, The Lives of the Desert Fathers, to show how images made the practices of the desert saints compelling and accessible to fourteenth-century city dwellers who were just beginning to cultivate the habit of private devotion on a wide scale"--

About the author

Denva Gallant is Assistant Professor of Art History at Rice University. Her website is www.denvagallant.com.

Product details

• Authors: Denva Gallant, Denva (Rice University) Gallant
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2024
• EAN: 9780271095639
• ISBN: 978-0-271-09563-9
• Dimensions: 203 mm x 254 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 953 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Raster, farbig
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / History / General, Italy, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, c 1000 CE to c 1500, 14th century, c 1300 to c 1399, 3rd century, c 200 to c 299, Religious and ceremonial art, 4th century, c 300 to c 399, ART / European / General