Madonnas miracles : the holy home in Renaissance Italy / edited by Maya Corry, Deborah Howard, Mary Laven.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Corry, Maya, 1984- editor.

Howard, Deborah, 1946- editor.

Laven, Mary, 1969- editor.

Fitzwilliam Museum, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Art--Exhibitions.

Mary.

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint.

Christian art and symbolism--Italy--Renaissance, 1450-1600--Exhibitions.

Christian art and symbolism.

Devotional objects--Italy--Exhibitions.

Devotional objects.

Home--Religious aspects--Christianity--Exhibitions.

Home.

Miracles in art--Exhibitions.

Miracles in art.

Renaissance--Italy--Exhibitions.

Renaissance.

Home--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Italy--Religious life and customs--Exhibitions.

Italy.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Art.

Physical Description:

x, 197 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Holy home in Renaissance Italy

Madonnas and miracles

Place of Publication:

London : Philip Wilson Publishers, 2017.

Summary:

Madonnas and Miracles exposes a hidden world of religious devotion in the Italian Renaissance home. Challenging the idea of the Renaissance as an age of increasing worldliness, it shows how religion remained a powerful force that coloured every aspect of daily life. Across the length and breadth of Italy, houses were filled with decorative objects and works of art with spiritual significance, designed to aid members of the family in their devotional lives. A wide range of religious activities, from routine prayers to extraordinary experiences such as miracles and exorcisms, took place within the home, where they were adapted to key moments in the life-cycle, including birth, marriage, sickness and death. This illustrated publication explores a variety of devotional objects and images, from luxury items to everyday household goods. Bringing together jewellery and ceramics, manuscripts and printed books, sculpture and paintings, the book offers a vivid encounter with Renaissance spirituality and domesticity. The result is a new vision of a period in which the material world was charged with sacred power. Exhibition: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK (Spring 2017).

Contents:

Introduction

Family life

The Madonna, Christ and the saints

Practices of prayers

Miracles and pilgrimage

Reform and renewal.

Notes:

Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England, March 7 - June 4, 2017

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-191) and index.

ISBN:

9781781300534

1781300534

OCLC:

952368542