Angels and the order of heaven in medieval and Renaissance Italy / Meredith J. Gill, University of Maryland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gill, Meredith Jane, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Angels--History.

Angels.

Angels in art.

Religion.

History.

Italy--Religion.

Italy.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 324 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Contents:

Pure act: Medieval angelology and Dante's angels : Tongues of angels ; Dante and the scholastics ; The Divine Comedy

Wings: Celestial visions in the later middle ages and Renaissance : Imagining heaven ; The nine orders: Padua, Riofreddo, and Rome ; The assumption and coronation of the virgin ; The communion of the blessed and the beatific vision

Bodies and voices: Annunciation and heavenly harmonies :Ave Maria ; "A sound of tumult like the sounds of a host": the music of angels ; Jacob's ladder

Contemplation: Angelic witness and empathy : The bread of angels ; Tobias and the angel ; Raphael transfigured

Clouds and the fall: Rebellion, salvation, and reform : The fall of the rebel angels: Rome, Siena, and Caprarola ; Demons and artists.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-311) and index.

ISBN:

9781107027954

1107027950

OCLC:

873724071