The Church of Santa Maria Donna Regina: "Art, Iconography by Janis Elliott,Cordelia Warr

By Janis Elliott,Cordelia Warr

The church of Santa Maria Donna Regina in Naples is a unprecedented instance of aristocratic convent structure in Italy, designed and outfitted for the devotional use of the Clarissan nuns. Its ornamental programme competitors that of Giotto's area Chapel in Padua in scope, iconographical complexity, and caliber of inventive creation. the 1st booklet in English in this vital church, this elegantly written quantity can also be the 1st full-scale learn to collect cutting edge interdisciplinary examine at the construction. The authors discover issues in terms of the structure, ornament, sculpture, iconography, viewers, liturgy, and patronage of Santa Maria Donna Regina, enriching our knowing of the artwork patronage of royal girls and the monastic adventure of Clarissan nuns, in addition to the politics, tradition and patronage of trecento Naples. Over 100 illustrations, many commissioned especially for the e-book, accompany the text.

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