Devotion by design : Italian altarpieces before 1500 / Scott Nethersole.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Gallery (Great Britain)

Contributor:

Nethersole, Scott.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Gallery (Great Britain).

Panel painting.

Christianity and art.

Christianity and art--Catholic Church.

Polyptychs.

Panel painting, Italian.

Altarpieces, Italian.

England--London.

Italy.

National Gallery (Great Britain)--Exhibitions.

Altarpieces, Italian--14th century--Exhibitions.

Altarpieces, Italian--15th century--Exhibitions.

Panel painting, Italian--14th century--Exhibitions.

Panel painting, Italian--15th century--Exhibitions.

Polyptychs--Italy--Exhibitions.

Christianity and art--Catholic Church--Exhibitions.

Christianity and art--Italy--Exhibitions.

Panel painting--England--London--Exhibitions.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

128 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Italian altarpieces before 1500

Place of Publication:

London : National Gallery Co. ; [New Haven, Conn.] : Distributed by Yale University Press, 2011.

Summary:

This book considers Italian altarpieces in the collection of the National Gallery in London and their role in the lives of people living in the Italian Peninsula between the mid-thirteenth century and the year 1500.

Contents:

Altarpieces in context

Defining function

Italian altarpieces : structure and type

The commission as a social contract

Dislocation, dismembering and dismantling.

Notes:

Published on the occasion of an exhibition of works chiefly from the collection of the National Gallery, London, held there, July 6-Oct. 2, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-123).

ISBN:

9781857095258

1857095251

OCLC:

670481498

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