Painting in Florence and Siena after the Black Death

Name: Painting in Florence and Siena after the Black Death
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ISBN: 9780691003122

ISBN-10: 0691003122

ISBN-13: 9780691003122

Edition: 1951

Authors: Millard Meiss

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Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 1951
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 4/21/1979
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 212
Size: 6.34" wide x 9.06" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface to the Paperback Edition


Foreword


Introduction



The New form and Content


Orcagna's Altarpiece


The Madonna by Nardo


From Narrative to Ritual


The Exaltation of God, the Church, and the Priest


The Supernatural


The Recovery of the Dugento


Barna. Conclusion



The Two Cities at Mid-Century


The Economic Crisis


Political and Social Change


The Black Death


Economic and Social Consequences of the Plague


The Effect upon Culture and Art



Guilt, Penance, and Religious Rapture



The Spanish Chapel



Texts and Images



The Madonna of Humility


Origin and Development


The Meaning of the Image



Boccaccio


Appendices



Chronological Table



Facts about the Painters



Some Recent Criticism of Orcagna



A New Polyptych by Andrea da Firenze


Index


Index Supplement