Bernini and the Idealization of Death: The Blessed Ludovica Albertoni and the Altieri Chapel - Brossura

Perlove, Shelley Karen

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0271014776 ISBN 13: 9780271014777

Casa editrice: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, 1990

Riassunto

Tracing the history of the cult of Ludovica, the Altieri Chapel, and the statue, Shelley Perlove illuminates Bernini's contribution, both artistically and iconographically, to the chapel and proposes an interpretation of the precise nature of the experience the beata is undergoing in the sculpture. This interpretation is developed from an examination of the statue in the full context of other works of art in the chapel, medieval and Renaissance tomb sculpture, contemporary accounts of Ludovica's life and cult, and devotional Catholic literature undoubtedly known to Bernini. Woven into an iconographic scheme whose layers of meaning are mutually independent, the statue and the other elements in the chapel convey a unified conception.

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L'autore:

Shelley Karen Perlove is Associate Professor in the History of Art, University of Michigan at Dearborn.

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Book by Perlove Shelley

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0271014776
• ISBN 13: 9780271014777
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 156