Benjamin Paul

Nuns and Reform Art in Early Modern Venice

The Architecture of Santi Cosma E Damiano and Its Decoration from Tintoretto to Tiepolo

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Produktbeschreibung

Arguing that Santi Cosma e Damiano was a reform convent, the author of this interdisciplinary study explores how its nuns employed art and architecture as a means to actively express their specific religious concerns. While focusing on the reconstruction of the history and construction of the convent, this study's larger concern is with the religious reform movement, and with the convent as a space for female self-realization in early modern Venice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2016
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781138272217
• ISBN-10: 1138272213
• Artikelnr.: 48094356

Autorenporträt

Benjamin Paul is an Assistant Professor of Art History at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
Part I The Convent of Santi Cosma e Damiano: Its History and Architecture: The beginnings of the nunnery and its first church
The new convent and church
The architecture of the new convent and church
Santi Cosma e Damiano's sister churches and their design
Cassinese reform architecture. Part II The Decoration of Santi Cosma e Damiano: The altarpieces
Tintoretto's Crucifixion and Cassinese spirituality
Tintoretto's Santi Cosma e Damiano altarpiece
The 16th-century frescoes
Later decoration and the covenant with God
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.