Dressing for heaven religious clothing in Italy, 1215-1545

Through a series of case studies of Italian art from the 14th to the 16th century, this book explores the relationship of clothing to salvation. What do we wear after we die? Do we need clothing in the afterlife? If we do have clothing will these clothes bear any relationship to those which we own a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Warr, Cordelia (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press 2010
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Written on clothes/written in clothes
  • Clothing the Virgin: art, relics and power in Prato
  • Symbolism, vows and recognition
  • Religious habits and visual propaganda: the vision of the Blessed Reginald of Orleans
  • Carmelites and Franciscans
  • Hermits, habits and history: the dress of the Augustinian hermits
  • Dressing the part
  • 'Naked and ye clothed me': Saint Catherine of Siena, clothing and visionary experience
  • Clothing as salvation: the life and representation of Santa Francesca Romana
  • Women, weaving and salvation: the Allegory of the afterlife in San Michele, Paganico
  • Visual and literary accounts of clothing for the end of time.