Main entry:

Glass, Dorothy F.

Title & Author:

Portals, pilgrimage, and crusade in western Tuscany / Dorothy F. Glass.

Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1997.
Lawrenceville, N.J. : Princeton Academic Press
©1997.

Description:

xvii, 145 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-137) and index.
Time and Place -- Adoration and Participation: Sant' Andrea at Pistoia -- Preaching and Serving: San Bartolomeo in Pantano and San Giovanni Fuorcivitas at Pistoia -- Marching to Jerusalem: Procession and Intercession -- Sailing from Byzantium: The Efficacy of Saint Nicholas -- The Past -- The Present.
List of illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Time and Place -- Adoration and Participation: Sant' Andrea at Pistoia -- Preaching and Serving: San Bartolomeo in Pantano and San Giovanni Fuorcivitas at Pistoia -- Marching to Jerusalem: Procession and Intercession -- Sailing from Byzantium: The Efficacy of Saint Nicholas -- The Past -- The Present -- Afterword -- Excursus: Tuscany and the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index -- Illustrations.

Summary:

Counter In this lucid and well-documented examination of nine lintels of churches in western Tuscany, all dating from the second half of the twelfth century, Dorothy Glass places the region in the context of international pilgrimage and crusade. Although it is known that Italians were settled in the Holy Land well before the first Crusade, Italian medieval art has only occasionally been addressed from this point of view. With a seasoned eye and an extensive historical knowledge, Glass considers the iconography, style, and meaning of architectural sculpture in and around Pisa, Lucca, and Pistoia sites at the nexus of medieval trade, travel, and pilgrimage. Lucca, for instance, was home to the famed Volto Santo, while the cathedral at Pistoia housed a piece of the head of Saint James Major acquired from Santiago de Compostela in Spain where the saint's body was purportedly found. The famed port at Pisa was used by pilgrims and crusaders from both Italy and northern Europe to embark for the East. Sculpted mainly by Adeodatus, Gruamons, and Biduinus, the portals of the churches in these cities depict such seemingly broad subjects as incidents from the life and miracles of Saint Nicholas, the Entry into Jerusalem, the Mission of the Apostles, the Last Supper, and the Magi before Herod. As Glass explains here, these subjects, some unique in monumental sculpture, addressed a number of audiences: local citizens, crusaders, and pilgrims. In addition to the art historical literature, Glass delves into such matters as the relationship between the visual arts and medieval theater, Italian settlements in the Latin East, trade routes, relics, and the revival and uses of pagan antiquity. / Publisher description
In this lucid and well-documented examination of nine lintels of churches in western Tuscany, all dating from the second half of the twelfth century, Dorothy Glass places the region in the context of international pilgrimage and crusade. Although it is known that Italians were settled in the Holy Land well before the first Crusade, Italian medieval art has only occasionally been addressed from this point of view.
With a seasoned eye and an extensive historical knowledge, Glass considers the iconography, style, and meaning of architectural sculpture in and around Pisa, Lucca, and Pistoia - sites at the nexus of medieval trade, travel, and pilgrimage. In addition to the art historical literature, Glass delves into such matters as the relationship between the visual arts and medieval theater, Italian settlements in the Latin East, trade routes, relics, and the revival and uses of pagan antiquity.

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ISBN:

0691011729 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780691011721 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Relief (Sculpture), Italian Italy Tuscany.
Relief (Sculpture), Medieval Italy Tuscany.
Christian art and symbolism Italy Tuscany Medieval, 500-1500.
Lintels Italy Tuscany.
Crusades.
Relief (Sculpture) italien Italie Toscane.
Relief (Sculpture) médiéval Italie Toscane.
Linteaux Italie Toscane.
Croisades.
Christian art and symbolism Medieval
Lintels
Relief (Sculpture), Italian
Relief (Sculpture), Medieval
Kreuzzüge
Bauplastik
Figurenportal
Kirchenbau
Wallfahrt
Lateien.
Iconografie.
Bedevaarten.
Relief (Sculpture) Italy Tuscany.
Art chrétien Moyen âge Toscane (Italie)
Relief (sculpture) médiéval Toscane (Italie)
Linteaux Toscane (Italie)
Sculpture médiévale Toscane (Italie)
Geschichte 1100-1500.
Italy Tuscany
Toskana West

Holdings:

Location: Library main 193541
Call No.: ID NB1282.G58; ID:97-B4592
Status: Available