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"--

Info autore

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Denva (Rice University) Gallant, Denva Gallant
• Editore: University Presses
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 30.04.2024
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Storia dell'arte
• EAN: 9780271095639
• ISBN: 978-0-271-09563-9
• Illustrazioni: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Raster, farbig
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 20.3 x 25.4 x 2 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 953 g
• Categorie: Naples, 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, Anchoritism, ART / European / General, eremitic ideal;anchoritism;Lives of the Desert Fathers and Mothers;Vitae patrum;late medieval Italy;MS. M. 626;manuscript illustrations;private devotion;Naples, late medieval Italy, manuscript illustrations, Vitae patrum, private devotion, MS. M. 626, Lives of the Desert Fathers and Mothers