Art, Politics, and Civic Religion in Central Italy, 1261-1352
Subtitle: Essays by Postgraduate Students at the Courtauld Institute of Art (Courtauld Research Papers, ... N. 1) (Courtauld Research Papers, N. 1)
Contributors: Courtauld Institute of Art (Corporate Author); Joanna Cannon (Editor); Beth Williamson (Editor)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing; Ashgate Pub Ltd
Published: January 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9781840146356
Subjects: European history: c 500 to c 1500; History of art: c 500 CE to c 1400; History of ideas, intellectual history; History of religion; Political ideologies; Religious subjects depicted in art; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Art; Art & Art Instruction; Italy; History - General; Subjects & Themes - Religious; Art and state; Art, Gothic; Art, Italian; Italy, Central; Public art
Description: "Introduced by Joanna Cannon, this volume of essays by postgraduate students at the Courtauld Institute, University of London, explores some of the ways in which art was used to express, to celebrate, and to promote the political and religious aims and aspirations of those in power in the city-states of central Italy in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

By concentrating on individual cases such as these, the essays provide sustained consideration, at the same time raising crucial issues concerning the role of art in the public life of the period. These illustrated studies introduce new material and advance new arguments, and are all based on original research. Clear presentation ensures that they are also accessible to students and scholars from other disciplines."--BOOK JACKET.