| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 76 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
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Monographs on the fine arts ; v. 50 |
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Monographs on the fine arts ; 50.
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| Summary |
The remarkable evolution of Italian Gothic and Renaissance sepulchral art was initiated not by the tomb of a pope or a prince but by one made for a saint, Dominic Guzman, founder of the Order of Preachers. The tomb was designed by Nicola Pisano in 1264 and built in San Domenico, Bologna, in 1267. Shortly after its construction, monumental tombs appeared everywhere in Italy, characterized by increasingly large-scale, spatially aggressive, architectonic forms with rich sculptural embellishments. This study analyzes the form and structure of this thirteenth-century monument and explores its meaning to Pisano's contemporaries, patrons as well as the public |
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Anita Moskowitz's discussions of the two major descendants of the Arca di San Domenico - the Arca di San Pietro Martire in Milan by Giovanni di Balduccio and the Arca di Sant'Agostino in Pavia by a follower of Balduccio - as well as the large number of monuments peripherally related to it, show the profound impact of the Bolognese monument on the subsequent history of tomb sculpture |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-71) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| In |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. |
| Subject |
Pisano, Niccolò, 1206?-1280? -- Criticism and interpretation
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Dominic, Saint, 1170-1221 -- Tomb
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Dominic, Saint, 1170-1221 |
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Pisano, Niccolò, 1206?-1280? |
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San Domenico (Church : Bologna, Italy)
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San Domenico (Church : Bologna, Italy) |
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Arca di San Domenico (Bologna, Italy)
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Sculpture, Gothic -- Italy -- Bologna
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Arca di San Domenico (Bologna, Italy)
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Sculpture, Gothic
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Tombs
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Sculpture.
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Visual Arts.
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Art, Architecture & Applied Arts.
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Italy -- Bologna
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
92035734 |
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