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In the Courts of Religious Ladies

Art, Vision, and Pleasure in Italian Renaissance Convents

by Giancarla Periti

  • Hardback
  • 336 pages
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • 22.7 x 28.8 x 2.6 cm

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This fascinating study considers the poetic and mythological artworks made for elite female monastic communities in Renaissance Italy. Nuns from the patrician class, who often disregarded obligations of austerity and poverty, commissioned sensually appealing, richly made artifacts inspired by contemporary courtly culture. The works of art transformed monastic parlors, abbatial apartments, and nuns' cells into ornate settings, thereby enriching and complicating the opposition of religious and worldly spheres. This unconventional monastic and yet courtly decoration was a new form of art in the way it entangled the sacred and the profane. The artwork was intended to edify both intellectually and spiritually, as well as to delight and seduce the viewer. Based on extensive new research into primary sources, this generously illustrated book introduces a thriving female monastic visual culture that ecclesiastical authorities endeavored to suppress. It shows how this art taught its viewers to use their eyes to gain insights about the secular world beyond the convent walls.
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  • Author

    Giancarla Periti

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Yale University Press

  • Published

    January 2016

  • Weight

    1502g

  • Page Count

    336

  • Dimensions

    22.7 x 28.8 x 2.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9780300214239

  • ISBN-10

    0300214235

  • Eden Code

    4570526

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