Invisible city : the architecture of devotion in seventeenth century Neapolitan convents /

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More than any other European city, Baroque Naples was dominated by convents. Behind their imposing facades and highly decorated churches, the convents of Naples housed the daughters of the city's most exclusive families, women who, despite their cloistered existence, were formidable players in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hills, Helen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Series:OUP E-Books.
Subjects:
Monastic and religious life of women > Italy > Naples > History.
Convents > Italy > Naples.
Church architecture > Italy > Naples.
Aristocracy (Social class) > Italy > Naples.
Vie religieuse et monastique féminine > Italie > Naples > Histoire.
Architecture chrétienne > Italie > Naples.
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
Aristocracy (Social class)
Church architecture
Convents
Monastic and religious life of women
Naples (Italy) > Religious life and customs.
Naples (Italy) > Church history.
Italy > Naples
Church history
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • INTRODUCTION: Convents and Conventual Life in Early Modern Italy; 1 Cittadelle sacre and the Politics of Conventual Urbanism; 2 Virginity and Enclosure; 3 Dowries and Daughters; 4 Living Like Ladies: Conventual Patronage; 5 Convents and Conflict: Conventual Urbanism in Naples; 6 Conventual Optics of Power; CONCLUSION: Conventual Architecture as Metaphor for the Body; Notes; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; G; L; M; O; P; R; S; T; V; Z; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.

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