Spectacular Miracles

Transforming Images in Italy from the Renaissance to the Present

By Jane Garnett,Gervase Rosser

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Publish Date

2013

Publisher

Reaktion Books, Limited

Language

eng

Pages

311

Description:

This title provides a highly illustrated survey of Italian artworks that are believed to perform miracles - flying, speaking, weeping or producing miraculous cures. The text draws upon rich documentation from northwest Italy and elsewhere to show how, in a range of historical contexts, these images 'work'.

subjects: Icons, Christian art and symbolism, Italy, history, Art, italian, Mysticism and art, History, Cult, Psychology and art, Supernatural in art