Mary of Mercy in Medieval and Renaissance Italian Art - Devotional Image and Civic Emblem

Summary

This study explores the iconographic origins of the Madonna della Misericordia as a devotional image by identifying key attributes; to consider its overlapping function as a secular symbol used by lay confraternities; and to discuss its diaspora throughout the Italian peninsula, Western Europe, and Russia and Ukraine.

Product details

• Authors: Katherine T. (Walsh University) Brown, KatherineT. Brown
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.03.2020
• EAN: 9780367331153
• ISBN: 978-0-367-33115-3
• No. of pages: 236
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history