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Subtitle: Bilder neuer Heiliger im Quattrocentro
By: Urte Krass
Contributors: Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut
Series: Italienische Forschungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut; I Mandorli -- Bd. 16; Mandorli -- Bd. 16.; Italienische Forschungen
Publisher: Deutscher Kunstverlag
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: ger
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9783422070912
Subjects: European Art; Italian Art; Relics; Christian saints in art; Christian art and symbolism; Themes, motives
Other titles: Bilder neuer Heiliger im Quattrocentro
Description: During the period of transformation in the early Renaissance, the cults of saints and relics were also exposed to an extensive process of development. The present study examines the changing images, positioning them in the context of pictorial concepts.
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität Hamburg, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-308) and index.

German, with English summary.