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The Renaissance Pulpit: Art and Preaching in Tuscany, 1400-1550 - Couverture rigide

Ben-Aryeh Debby, Nirit

 
9782503513423: The Renaissance Pulpit: Art and Preaching in Tuscany, 1400-1550
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 2503513425 ISBN 13 : 9782503513423
Editeur : Brepols N.V., 2007

Synopsis

This volume examines the relationship between preaching and art, addressing with particular detail the use of works of art in preaching and the importance of the pulpit itself. A challenging issue in the field of sermon studies is the relationship between preaching and art, in particular the manner in which preachers used works of art in their preaching and described specific pictures in their sermons; and the pulpit itself. The thesis of the book is that pulpits should be viewed in the context of the world of preaching in Renaissance Florence and in connection with sacred oratory. Indeed, like preached sermons, pulpits used rhetorical strategies to deliver religious messages. The author adopts an interdisciplinary approach to the topic by combining art history, historical analysis, and sermon studies; and she examines the pulpit's patronage, location, and function as well as its chronological development. This book combines a general survey of pulpits in Tuscany, with close analysis of five specific pulpits. Designed and executed by important artists located in Florence and Prato, these five pulpits are the most exquisite and impressive monuments of their type, and each has a complex and rich iconographic programme. The author reveals that the period between the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries constitutes a distinct phase in the development of pulpits, different from the earlier tradition, and from pulpits constructed after the Council of Trent and during the Catholic Reformation.

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À propos de l'auteur

Debby Nirit Ben-Aryeh received her PhD from the Hebrew University and was a Postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University. She currently teaches at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

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Éditeur
Brepols N.V.
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
2503513425
ISBN 13 
9782503513423
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
311
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Personne responsable
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