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• Title:Transformations in persons and paint : visual theology, historical images, and the modern viewer / Chloë R. Reddaway.
  
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• Variant Title:Visual theology, historical images, and the modern viewer
  
• Author/Creator:Reddaway, Chloë R., author.
  
• Published/Created:Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols Publishers, [2015]
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: ND2757.F5 R43 2015
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Mural painting and decoration, Italian--Italy--Florence--Themes, motives.
  Christian art and symbolism--Italy--Florence--Medieval, 500-1500.
  Spirituality in art.
  God--Art.
  
• Genre/Form:Art.
  
• Description:299 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
  
• Series:Arts and the sacred.
  
• Notes:Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--King's College London, 2013 under title: Visual theology in 14th and 15th century Florentine frescoes : a theological approach to historical images, sacred spaces, and the modern viewer.
  Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-227) and index.
  
• ISBN:9782503565545 hardcover
  2503565549 hardcover
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: ch. One How should theologians look at pictures?
  Why is a theological hermeneutic for images needed?
  Text and image: applying textual hermeneutics to images
  Drawing on methodologies from other disciplines
  i. Reader criticism and multiple layers of meaning
  ii. Reception studies
  iii. Cultural history and the period eye'
  Sacred space
  Sacred space and the theological interpretation of art
  Christian sacred space
  Florentine sacred space, belief, and identity
  Empty space
  Tripartite space
  suggested methodology for the theological interpretation of images
  Introduction to the frescoes
  ch. Two Leap of Faith: the Bardi Chapel, Santa Croce
  cycle
  Interpretations
  scenes
  i. Renunciation of Worldly Goods
  ii. Approval of the Rule by Innocent III
  iii. Apparition at Aries
  iv. Trial Before the Sultan
  v. Funeral of St Francis and Verification of the Stigmata
  vi. Visions of Brother Agostino and Bishop Guido
  vii. Stigmatization of St Francis
  Further considerations
  Spatial factors within the Bardi compositions
  Conclusions
  ch. Three Thresholds of Revelation: the Baroncelli Chapel, Santa Croce
  cycle
  Interpretations
  Standard interpretations
  Annunciation, revelation, and light
  Influence of Fra Simone Fidati
  Christ's ancestry
  Architecture, depth, figures, and characters
  scenes
  Left wall
  i. Scenes of Joachim and Anne: Expulsion of Joachim, Joachim's Dream, Meeting at the Golden Gate
  ii. early life of the Virgin: Birth, Presentation, Marriage
  iii. Altar wall annunciations: Annunciation to the Virgin and Visitation, Annunciation to the Shepherds, Nativity, The Christ Child Appears to the Magi as a Star, Adoration of the Magi
  Further considerations
  Paucity of theological interpretation
  Light as a medium for annunciation and revelation
  Image and word
  Transformation and journeying
  Places and liminality
  Proximity and distance
  Conclusions
  ch. Four Spiritual Transformation in Person and Paint: the Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine
  cycle
  Interpretations
  Brancacci, Carmelite, and local concerns
  History of salvation
  Theological themes
  Spiritual transformation
  Earthly and divine vision
  Pro-papal policy
  scenes
  i. Temptation and Expulsion
  ii. Tribute Money
  iii. Chairing at Antioch
  iv. St Peter Healing with his Shadow
  Further considerations
  Conclusions
  ch. Five Inhabiting Vocation: the Convent of San Marco
  frescoes
  Interpretations
  i. Interpretations: scholastic exegesis, Georges Didi-Huberman
  Didi-Huberman's key terms
  scholastic and humanist approaches
  Examples
  In summary
  ii. Interpretations: corporate memory of a golden age, William Hood
  Art and architecture
  Framing
  frescoes
  In summary
  iii. Interpretations: innovative humanism, John Spike
  frescoes
  Pseudo-Dionysius as a source for the dormitory programme
  In summary
  Conflicting interpretations?
  Further considerations
  Integration, incorporation, incarnation
  Kenotic and generative spaces
  Conclusions
  ch. Six Covenants and Connections: the Sassetti Chapel, Santa Trinita
  cycle
  Interpretations
  Varied interpretations
  Classical and Christian elements
  Composition and istoria
  Portraiture
  Peace
  Florence as the New Rome
  Birth, death, and resurrection
  Judgement
  Ricordanze
  Scenes
  i. Vision of Augustus on the Capitoline Hill, David, and the Sibyls
  ii. Renunciation of Worldly Goods and Stigmatization
  iii. Confirmation of the Rule
  iv. Raising of the Roman Notary's Son
  v. Donor portraits
  vi. Trial Before the Sultan, and Funeral of St Francis and Verification of the Stigmata
  Further considerations
  Gaps in art historical interpretations
  Francis as the link within a web of spiritual connections
  Franciscus alter Christus or Francis as mediator
  Technical lessons from the Brancacci Chapel
  Foreground and background
  Connections as covenants
  Conclusions
  ch. Seven Transformative Deesis: the Tornabuoni Chapel, Santa Maria Novella
  cycle
  Interpretations
  Narrative skill
  Patronage
  portraits
  settings
  Further considerations
  Two compositional strategies
  Virgin and the Baptist
  scenes
  i. Expulsion of Joachim
  ii. Birth, Presentation, and Marriage of the Virgin
  iii. Adoration of the Magi, and Massacre of the Innocents
  iv. Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin, and Coronation of the Virgin
  v. Annunciation to Zachariah
  vi. Visitation, Birth of the Baptist, Naming of the Baptist, Baptist Preaching, Baptism of Christ, and Feast of Herod
  Conclusions.