The Allegory of Mercy at the Misericordia in Florence
Subtitle: historiography, context, iconography, and the documentation of confraternal charity in the Trecento
By: William R. Levin.
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Lanham [Md.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Loggia del Bigallo; Misericordia di Firenze; Madonna della Misericordia (Fresco); Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance -- Italy -- Florence; Mural painting and decoration, Italian -- Italy -- Florence; Christian art and symbolism -- Medieval, 500-1500 -- Italy -- Florence; Allegories; Charity in art; Confraternities -- Italy -- Florence
Description: "Scholars of Italian art often overlook the mid-fourteenth-century Allegory of Mercy fresco inside the former headquarters of the Company of Santa Maria dell Misercordia, located in the heart of Florence. In The Allegory of Mercy at the Misericordia in Florence, author William R. Levin provides the first complete analysis of the fresco, one of the richest artworks of its era in what it reveals about the society that engendered it and the organization that commissioned it." "Intended as both didactic and inspirational, the Allegory of Mercy illustrates that the Misercordia provided a host of services to needy Florentines from as early as the Trecento, offering members and benefactors the opportunity to aid their neighbors while ensuring salvation for themselves."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-172) and index.