Devotion by design
Subtitle: Italian altarpieces before 1500
By: Scott Nethersole
Contributors: Nethersole, Scott
Publisher: National Gallery Co.; Distributed by Yale University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; [New Haven, Conn.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781857095258
Subjects: Panel painting; Italian Panel painting; Exhibitions; Christianity and art; National Gallery (Great Britain); Polyptychs; Catholic Church; Italian Altarpieces
Other titles: Italian altarpieces before 1500
Notes: Published on the occasion of an exhibition of works chiefly from the collection of the National Gallery, London, held there, July 6-Oct. 2, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-123).
Table of contents: title: Altarpieces in context --; title: Defining function --; title: Italian altarpieces: structure and type --; title: The commission as a social contract --; title: Dislocation, dismembering and dismantling.