Religious Poverty, Visual Riches by Joanna Cannon
The Dominican friars of late-medieval Italy were vowed to a life of religious poverty. Yet their churches contained many visual riches such as works by: Cimabue, Duccio, Giotto and Simone Martini. This title studies the contents of major foundations - Siena, Pisa, Perugia and Santa Maria Novella in Florence - alongside less well-known centres.
“This volume arrives with the mien of a magnum opus, prepared over many years”—Alexander Murray, Times Literary Supplement
“[Cannon’s] careful consideration of a wealth of visual and documentary sources sheds new light on the Dominican contribution to the visual riches of the period. . . . An essential study of the art of the early Renaissance, one that is at once timely and promises to stand the test of time.”—Holly Flora, Renaissance Quarterly
“[An] outstanding book which shows how art can change the world [and] demonstrates, through an intelligent combination of visual and historical research, the transformative role of art and architecture within this revolutionary process. . . . The Franciscans’ sister order of preaching friars, the followers of St Dominic, is the subject of Joanna Cannon’s ground-breaking and . . . richly illustrated study.”—Gervase Rosser, Apollo Magazine
“Copiously detailed notes and an extensive bibliography. It is a delight to turn the pages and encounter such beauty in so many forms.”—Christopher Colven, Art Newspaper
“This book . . . represents the achievement of a lifetime. . . . This unpublished goldmine of information now appears here thoroughly reogranized, freshly thought through, and wonderfully instantiated in a huge bibliography. . . . One must salute this long and courageous work. It is a beautiful book, as well as being accurate and trustworthy in detail. . . . [A] monumental achievement.”—Serena Romano, Renaissance Quarterly
“In this exceptional study, frescoes are examined in the context of their original surroundings—the illumined choir books, crucifixes, goldsmiths’ work, tombs and stained glass that complemented them.”—Apollo Magazine
“[Cannon’s] careful consideration of a wealth of visual and documentary sources sheds new light on the Dominican contribution to the visual riches of the period. . . . An essential study of the art of the early Renaissance, one that is at once timely and promises to stand the test of time.”—Holly Flora, Renaissance Quarterly
“[An] outstanding book which shows how art can change the world [and] demonstrates, through an intelligent combination of visual and historical research, the transformative role of art and architecture within this revolutionary process. . . . The Franciscans’ sister order of preaching friars, the followers of St Dominic, is the subject of Joanna Cannon’s ground-breaking and . . . richly illustrated study.”—Gervase Rosser, Apollo Magazine
“Copiously detailed notes and an extensive bibliography. It is a delight to turn the pages and encounter such beauty in so many forms.”—Christopher Colven, Art Newspaper
“This book . . . represents the achievement of a lifetime. . . . This unpublished goldmine of information now appears here thoroughly reogranized, freshly thought through, and wonderfully instantiated in a huge bibliography. . . . One must salute this long and courageous work. It is a beautiful book, as well as being accurate and trustworthy in detail. . . . [A] monumental achievement.”—Serena Romano, Renaissance Quarterly
“In this exceptional study, frescoes are examined in the context of their original surroundings—the illumined choir books, crucifixes, goldsmiths’ work, tombs and stained glass that complemented them.”—Apollo Magazine
Joanna Cannon is reader in the history of art at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300187656 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300187653 |
| Title | Religious Poverty, Visual Riches |
| Author | Joanna Cannon |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2013-12-15 |
| Number of pages | 456 |
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