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The matter of miracles : Neapolitan baroque sanctity and architecture / Helen Hills.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hills, Helen, author.
- Series:
- Rethinking art's histories.
- Rethinking art's histories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Duomo (Naples, Italy). Cappella del tesoro.
- Duomo (Naples, Italy).
- Architecture, Baroque--Italy--Naples.
- Architecture, Baroque.
- Art, Baroque--Italy--Naples.
- Art, Baroque.
- Church architecture--Italy--Naples.
- Church architecture.
- Church decoration and ornament--Naples.
- Church decoration and ornament.
- Naples (Italy)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Naples (Italy).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 600 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- A study of the links between holy relics in baroque Naples and the urban environment in which they functioned, which shows that the urban setting was produced through the activities that took place there, and not the other way around.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of plates
- List of figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: openings
- Prologue: the analogous relic
- Part I The miracle
- 1. The matter of miracles: San Gennaro's blood and the Treasury Chapel
- 2. Blood, bronze, Vesuvius: material transformations
- 3. Miraculous witness: exclusive affects
- Part II Patrons and protectors
- 4. The machinic chapel and the production of protectors
- 5. From prayer to presence
- Part III The choreography of sanctity
- 6. Niche and saints: folding the wall
- 7. Saints on the move and the choreography of sanctity
- 8. Holiness and history: relics and gender
- 9. Heads and bones: face to face
- 10. Silver saints: between transformation and transaction
- Conclusion: the miraculous chance
- Bibliography
- Plates and figures
- Index.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2016.
- "Publication of this book has been aided by a grant from the Millard Meiss Publication Fund of the College Art Association"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781526100399
- 1526100398
- 9781526161932
- 1526161931
- 9781526100382
- 152610038X
- OCLC:
- 1236213170
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