Festive Funerals in Early Modern Italy
Subtitle: The Art and Culture of Funeral Apparati
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780754665243
Subjects: Funeral rites and ceremonies; Italy, social life and customs; Italy, history
Description: "This book discusses a specific element of early modern funeral culture, namely funeral apparati: spectacular ephemeral decorations within church interiors on the occasion of festive requiem masses for the aristocracy."--Introduction, p. [1].