MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2015019377
003 DLC
005 20150517075558.0
008 150514s2016 ctu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2015019377
020 $a9780300214239 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
043 $ae-it---
050 00 $aN6915$b.P47 2016
082 00 $a709.45$223
084 $aART015030$aART015080$aART035000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aPeriti, Giancarla,$d1966-
245 10 $aIn the courts of religious ladies :$bart, vision, and pleasure in Italian Renaissance convents /$cGiancarla Periti.
263 $a1601
264 1 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$c2016.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"This fascinating study considers the poetic and mythological artworks made for elite female monastic communities in Renaissance Italy. Nuns from the patrician class, who often disregarded obligations of austerity and poverty, commissioned sensually appealing, richly made artifacts inspired by contemporary courtly culture. The works of art transformed monastic parlors, abbatial apartments, and nuns' cells into ornate settings, thereby enriching and complicating the opposition of religious and worldly spheres. This unconventional monastic and yet courtly decoration was a new form of art in the way it entangled the sacred and the profane. The artwork was intended to edify both intellectually and spiritually, as well as to delight and seduce the viewer. Based on extensive new research into primary sources, this generously illustrated book introduces a thriving female monastic visual culture that ecclesiastical authorities endeavored to suppress. It shows how this art taught its viewers to use their eyes to gain insights about the secular world beyond the convent walls. "--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aCourts of Elite Virgins : Enclosure, Christian Manners, and the Fashion of Liminality -- Art for Nuns : Gaze, Touch, and Provocation -- Art, Contemplation, and Splendor -- Giovanna Piacenza's Abbatial Apartment : Space, Gender, and Power -- Monstrosities, Female Exemplarity, and the Ideal of Regeneration -- Correggio, Witticism, and the Enigmatic Image.
650 0 $aArt, Renaissance$zItaly$xThemes, motives.
650 0 $aArt, Italian$xThemes, motives.
650 0 $aWomen art patrons$zItaly.
650 0 $aMonastic and religious life of women$zItaly.
650 0 $aArt and society$zItaly.
650 7 $aART / European.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aART / History / Renaissance.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aART / Subjects & Themes / Religious.$2bisacsh