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Author Gill, Meredith Jane.

Title Augustine in the Italian Renaissance : art and philosophy from Petrarch to Michelangelo / Meredith J. Gill
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005

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Description xiv, 281 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Contents 1. Augustine in the Renaissance -- 2. Rule and order -- 3. Petrarch's pocket -- 4. Augustine's light -- 5. Augustine and creation
Summary "This book traces the reception of Augustine from the fourteenth to the mid-sixteenth century and discusses the saint's influence on thinkers and humanists as well as his representation in the visual arts. Portrayed in several major fresco cycles, Augustine was also the subject of single portraits. In these, artists alluded to his aesthetic theory as articulated in his concept of divine illumination. The Sistine Chapel represents the fulfillment of Augustine's theological and philosophical legacy, one that began there in the fifteenth century and extended through the completion of Michelangelo's Last Judgment."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-267) and index
Subject Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430 -- Influence.
Augustinians.
Humanism.
Renaissance -- Italy.
LC no. 2004055146
ISBN 0521832144 alkaline paper
Other Titles Art and philosophy from Petrarch to Michelangelo