The rule, the Bible, and the council
Subtitle: the library of the Benedictine Abbey at Praglia
By: Diana Gisolfi, Staale Sinding-Larsen.
Contributors: Sinding-Larsen, Staale.
Series: Monograph on the fine arts ;; v. 55; Monographs on the fine arts ;; 55.
Publisher: Published by College Art Association in association with University of Washington Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Badia di Praglia -- Library.; Library decoration -- Italy -- Padua Region -- History -- 16th century.; Mural painting and decoration, Italian -- Italy -- Padua Region -- 16th century.; Christian art and symbolism -- Italy -- Padua Region -- Renaissance, 1450-1600.; Benedictine art -- Italy -- Padua Region.; Monastic libraries -- Italy -- Padua Region.
Description: "This monograph focuses on a Benedictine library decoration conceived and executed within a few years of the conclusion of the Council of Trent. The Benedictines of the Cassinese Congregation centered at Santa Giustina in Padua (to which nearby Praglia belongs) employed many leading artists of Venice and the Veneto in sixteenth-century projects, and the Abbey at Praglia commissioned work from Paolo Veronese and Tintoretto as well as Battista Zelotti. Diana Gisolfi and Staale Sinding-Larsen begin with a reconstruction of the sixteenth-century library room using physical, on-site evidence, extant documents concerning the furnishings, measurements of the paintings, and early descriptions to re-create with computer technology the room furnished and decorated in 1562-ca. 1570." "Once reconstructed, the program in the twenty-four ceiling and wall canvases by Zelotti is revealed as doctrinal. Following a close reading of the images with reference to biblical texts, the authors assemble Benedictine and Conciliar material through which to evaluate and interpret the program." "Much of the theological, dogmatic, and historical data brought forth has broader implications contributing to a revision of the current conception of the so-called Counter Reformation."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-132) and index.