Religious Poverty, Visual Riches

Auteur: Cannon, Joanna
Editeur: Yale University Press
The Dominican friars of late-medieval Italy were vowed to a life of religious poverty. Yet their churches contained many visual riches such as works by: Cimabue, Duccio, Giotto and Simone Martini. This title studies the contents of major foundations - Siena, Pisa, Perugia and Santa Maria Novella in Florence - alongside less well-known centres.

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The Dominican friars of late-medieval Italy were vowed to a life of religious poverty. Yet their churches contained many visual riches such as works by: Cimabue, Duccio, Giotto and Simone Martini. This title studies the contents of major foundations - Siena, Pisa, Perugia and Santa Maria Novella in Florence - alongside less well-known centres.
ISBN / EAN 9780300187656
Auteur Cannon, Joanna
Editeur Yale University Press