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In the Courts of Religious Ladies: Art, Vision, and Pleasure in Italian Renaissance Convents Hardcover – March 8, 2016

by Giancarla Periti (Author)
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This fascinating study considers the poetic and mythological artworks made for elite female monastic communities in Renaissance Italy. Nuns from the patrician class, who often disregarded obligations of austerity and poverty, commissioned sensually appealing, richly made artifacts inspired by contemporary courtly culture. The works of art transformed monastic parlors, abbatial apartments, and nuns’ cells into ornate settings, thereby enriching and complicating the opposition of religious and worldly spheres. This unconventional monastic and yet courtly decoration was a new form of art in the way it entangled the sacred and the profane. The artwork was intended to edify both intellectually and spiritually, as well as to delight and seduce the viewer. Based on extensive new research into primary sources, this generously illustrated book introduces a thriving female monastic visual culture that ecclesiastical authorities endeavored to suppress. It shows how this art taught its viewers to use their eyes to gain insights about the secular world beyond the convent walls.
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  1. Print length
    304 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Yale University Press
  4. Publication date
    March 8, 2016
  5. Dimensions
    11.3 x 8.9 x 1 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0300214235
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0300214239
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This fascinating study, which considers the poetic and mythological artworks made for elite female monastic communities in Renaissance Italy, reveals a thriving visual culture that ecclesiastical authorities tried to suppress.

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Giancarla Periti is Associate Professor in the Department of the History of Art at the University of Toronto.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Yale University Press; First Edition /First Printing (March 8, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0300214235
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0300214239
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.38 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11.3 x 8.9 x 1 inches
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