Divine and Demonic Imagery at Tor de'Specchi, 1400-1500 : Religious Women and Art in 15th-century Rome /

In the fifteenth century, the Oblates of Santa Francesca Romana, a fledgling community of religious women in Rome, commissioned an impressive array of artwork for their newly acquired living quarters, the Tor de'Specchi. The imagery focused overwhelmingly on the sensual, corporeal nature of con...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scanlan, Suzanne M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019
Colección:Visual and material culture, 1300-1700 ; 3.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Monastero delle Oblate di Santa Francesca Romana.
Art and religion.
Women > Religious aspects.
Arts, Italian > Italy > Rome > 15th century.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : demonic and divine bodies
  • Sanctity on the threshold : liminality and corporeality at Tor de'Specchi
  • Painted visions and devotional practices at Tor de'Specchi
  • Dining and discipline at Tor de'Specchi : the refectory as ritual space
  • The devil in the refectory : bodies imagined at Tor de'Specchi
  • Epilogue : imagining the canonization of Francesca Romana
  • Appendix. Statues of ordination for the Beata Francesca.

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