| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 200 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits |
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Monograph on the fine arts ; v. 55 |
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Monographs on the fine arts ; 55.
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| Contents |
I. Introduction -- II. The Library Then and Now: Reconstructing the Cinquecento Room -- III. The Benedictine Tradition of Books -- IV. The Ceiling and Wall Paintings in the Praglia Library and Other Benedictine Cycles -- V. The Benedictine Order and the Catholic Reform -- VI. The Texts of the Fathers -- VII. Benedictine Self-Identification in Times of Challenge -- App. 1. Praglia Documents: Excerpts -- App. 2. The Text of Don Vincenzo of Milan: Excerpts |
| Summary |
"This monograph focuses on a Benedictine library decoration conceived and executed within a few years of the conclusion of the Council of Trent. The Benedictines of the Cassinese Congregation centered at Santa Giustina in Padua (to which nearby Praglia belongs) employed many leading artists of Venice and the Veneto in sixteenth-century projects, and the Abbey at Praglia commissioned work from Paolo Veronese and Tintoretto as well as Battista Zelotti. Diana Gisolfi and Staale Sinding-Larsen begin with a reconstruction of the sixteenth-century library room using physical, on-site evidence, extant documents concerning the furnishings, measurements of the paintings, and early descriptions to re-create with computer technology the room furnished and decorated in 1562-ca. 1570." "Once reconstructed, the program in the twenty-four ceiling and wall canvases by Zelotti is revealed as doctrinal. Following a close reading of the images with reference to biblical texts, the authors assemble Benedictine and Conciliar material through which to evaluate and interpret the program." "Much of the theological, dogmatic, and historical data brought forth has broader implications contributing to a revision of the current conception of the so-called Counter Reformation."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-132) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Badia di Praglia -- Library
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| SUBJECT |
Badia di Praglia. fast (OCoLC)fst00578560 |
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Badia di Praglia. nli |
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Abbazia di Praglia -- Bibliothèque. ram |
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Library decoration -- Italy -- Padua Region -- History -- 16th century
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Mural painting and decoration, Italian -- Italy -- Padua Region
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Mural painting and decoration -- Italy -- Padua Region -- 16th century
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Christian art and symbolism -- Italy -- Padua Region -- Renaissance, 1450-1600
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Benedictine art -- Italy -- Padua Region
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Monastic libraries -- Italy -- Padua Region
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Benedictine art.
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Christian art and symbolism -- Renaissance.
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Libraries.
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Library decoration.
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Monastic libraries.
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Mural painting and decoration.
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Mural painting and decoration, Italian.
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Bibliotheekgebouwen.
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Abdijen.
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Muurschilderingen.
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Social Sciences.
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Library & Information Science.
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Library decoration -- Italy -- Padua Region -- History -- 16th century.
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Mural painting and decoration, Italian -- Padua.
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Mural painting and decoration -- 16th century -- Italy -- Padua Region.
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Christian art and symbolism -- Italy -- Padua Region -- Renaissance, 1450-1600.
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Benedictine art -- Italy -- Padua Region.
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Monastic libraries -- Italy -- Padua Region.
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Peinture et décoration murales -- Italie -- Padoue (Italie) -- 16e siècle.
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Italy -- Padua Region.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sinding-Larsen, Staale
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| LC no. |
97034406 |
| ISBN |
0295976616 |
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9780295976617 |
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