Art, Liturgy, and Legend in Renaissance Toledo
Subtitle: The Mendoza and the Iglesia Primada
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: October 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780271019680
Subjects: Christian liturgy, prayerbooks & hymnals; Cultural studies; European history: c 1500 to c 1750; Illustration & commercial art; Renaissance art; c 1000 CE to c 1500; c 1500 to c 1600; Illumination Of Books And Manuscripts; Art; Art & Art Instruction; European; History - Renaissance; Fine Arts; Art And Society; History; Illumination of books and manu; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Spanish; Spain; To 1500; Toledo
Description: "In Art, Liturgy, and Legend in Renaissance Toledo, Lynette Bosch examines liturgical manuscripts that members of the powerful Mendoza family commissioned for the cathedral of Toledo at a time when it was the symbolic center of the Spanish nation.

Using patronage as a filter, Bosch relates the style, content, and function of these lavish manuscripts to the many-sided ritual life of the Cathedral and, beyond that, to its social and political role in efforts to forge Spanish identity in the midst of the Reconquista." "This book will appeal to art historians, Hispanists, and all those interested in Renaissance history and culture."--BOOK JACKET.