Italian late medieval and Renaissance devotional art, ritual, and patronage
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A MOST HAVE FOR THE ART HISTORIAN! Dopo la pubblicazione del primo tomo, che raccoglie il patrimonio architettonico e artistico del Fondo Edifici di Culto di 129 luoghi di culto presenti in Piemonte, Veneto, Liguria, Emilia Romagna,... more
A MOST HAVE FOR ART HISTORIANS! Proviamo a tornare indietro nel tempo, al fatale 1866. Quell' anno si completava una fase legislativa cominciata sedici anni prima nel Regno di Sardegna con le leggi Siccardi, veniva infatti emanata la... more
Patronage, in its broadest sense, has been established as one of the dominant social processes of pre-industrial Europe. While it has been traditionally viewed simply as the context for extraordinary artistic creativity, patronage has... more
In 1878, the founder of the Christian Museum in Esztergom, Hungary, Prince Primate and Archbishop János Simor (1813–1891) purchased an entire picture collection from the heirs of a private Roman collector, Canon Raffaele Bertinelli... more
The first chronicles on the diffusion of the “french disease” in Italy date back to the summer of 1495. As it was interpreted as a divine punishment and a new and incurable illness, the disease was promptly associated to the one that had... more
This essay examines women’s scribal self-identification in Renaissance Italy through a study of colophons (scribal production notes) left by nuns at the end of the manuscripts they copied. Within the realm of female monastic book... more
in: Jesuit Image Theory (=Intersections. Interdisciplinary Studies in Early Modern Culture 45), hrsg. von Wietse de Boer, Karl A.E. Enenkel und Walter S. Melion, Leiden und Boston: Brill, 2016, 419–461.
Il saggio approfondisce un aspetto peculiare dell’arte di Antonio di Benedetto Aquili, Antoniazzo Romano (doc. 1452-1508). Per tutta la sua lunga carriera il pittore fu all’opera come copista sacro, un’attività che egli svolse con una... more
This article takes the two exhibitions dedicated to the Florentine Renaissance painter Piero di Cosimo as well as their respective catalogues as a point of departure for a wider discussion of the questions they inspired. It focuses on... more
L'art au service du prince. Paradigme italien, expériences européennes (vers 1250-vers 1500), sous la direction d'E. Crouzet-Pavan et J.-C. Maire Vigueur, Rome, Viella (Italia comunale e signorile, 8), 2015, 396 pages.
Santa Maria Gloriosa de’ Frari is one of the best-loved and most celebrated churches in Venice, renowned for its imposing Gothic architecture and its rich display of works of art, but it is in no sense a museum. Founded as the principal... more
The paper focuses on a little-known typology of mural painting: the mural polyptics. These wall paintings, illusionistically reproducing a painted panel with carved wooden frame, served as altarpieces in private chapels, oratories and... more
An Illustrated Guide to the 'One Hundred Churches' of Matilda of Canossa, Countess of Tuscany is the first complete and illustrated listing of the one hundred and thirty six places, churches, hospices, monasteries, and other extant stone... more
This is the full text and map book (image document separate from and attached to the end of the text) of my undergraduate Bachelor's thesis completed and defended in May 2010. I received high honors and the Alumni Award in the History of... more
This is an open access title distributed under the terms of the prevailing CC-BYNC-ND License at the time of publication, which permits any non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided no alterations are made... more
Behind the Resurrection of Christ, painted by Giorgio Vasari for the fourth altar of the left nave, a large fresco was discovered in 2018. After one-year restauration an interesting image of saint Thomas Aquinas was brought to light. We... more
Nonostante la cattedrale di Grosseto abbia subìto profondi cambiamenti nel corso dei secoli, ha conservato in situ alcune delle sue opere quattrocentesche. Questo saggio prende in esame la committenza della Madonna delle Grazie di Matteo... more
The paper looks at a photographic survey of the frescos of the Offida Church taken in 1909 by the Gabinetto Fotografico Nazionale, that show the devotional interaction between the local community and the cicle of paintings through the... more
This book explores the role of glazed terracotta sculpture in Renaissance Italy, from c. 1450 to the mid-1530s. In its brightness and intense colour glazed terracotta strongly attracted the viewer’s gaze. Its pure and radiant surfaces... more