The chapel of St. Anthony at the Santo and the development of Venetian Renaissance sculpture / Sarah Blake McHam
1994, 1st edition. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #423744
ISBN: 0521418534
Physical description: xvi, 432 p., 8 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. Contents: List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Color Plates -- Introduction (starting p. 1) -- Ch. 1 "Go, Go, Become a Saint": The Making of St. Anthony of Padua in Biography and Cult (starting p. 7) -- Ch. 2 The Redecoration's Joint Sponsorship by Church and State: The Franciscan Order and the City of Padua (starting p. 17) -- Ch. 3 History of the Chapel's Redecoration: the Relief Cycle of St. Anthony (1470-c. 1530) (starting p. 29) -- Ch. 4 History of the Relief Cycle of St. Anthony (1530s-1570s): the Advent of Tuscan Influence (starting p. 51) -- Ch. 5 The Chapel's Architecture and the Altar-Tomb (starting p. 65) -- Ch. 6 The Design of the Redecoration and Its Sources (starting p. 92) -- Ch. 7 Conclusion (starting p. 122) -- Notes (starting p. 135) -- Chronology of the Redecoration (starting p. 193) -- Document Appendix (starting p. 196) -- Bibliography (starting p. 249) -- Index (starting p. 265) -- Figures (starting p. 273) Subjects: Anthony of Padua, Saint 1195-1231 Art. Basilica di Sant'Antonio (Padua, Italy). Marble sculpture, Renaissance Italy Venice. Chapels Italy Padua. Architecture Italy Renaissance (c.1400-1600).
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