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Mary of Mercy in Medieval and Renaissance Italian Art - Devotional image and civic emblem (Hardcover)
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Mary of Mercy in Medieval and Renaissance Italian Art - Devotional image and civic emblem (Hardcover)
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Mater Misericordiae-Mother of Mercy-emerged as one of the most
prolific subjects in central Italian art from the late thirteenth
through the sixteenth centuries. With iconographic origins in
Marian cult relics brought from Palestine to Constantinople in the
fifth century, the amalgam of attributes coalesced in Armenian
Cilicia then morphed as it spread to Cyprus. An early concept of
Mary of Mercy-the Virgin standing with outstretched arms and a wide
mantle under which kneel or stand devotees-entered the Italian
peninsula at the ports of Bari and Venice during the Crusades,
eventually converging in central Italy. The mendicant orders
adopted the image as an easily recognizable symbol for mercy and
aided in its diffusion. In this study, the author's primary goals
are to explore the iconographic origins of the Madonna della
Misericordia as a devotional image by identifying and analyzing key
attributes; to consider circumstances for its eventual overlapping
function as a secular symbol used by lay confraternities; and to
discuss its diaspora throughout the Italian peninsula, Western
Europe, and eastward into Russia and Ukraine. With over 100
illustrations, the book presents an array of works of art as
examples, including altarpieces, frescoes, oil paintings,
manuscript illuminations, metallurgy, glazed terracotta, stained
glass, architectural relief sculpture, and processional banners.
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