Imagining the human condition in medieval Rome : the Cistercian fresco cycle at Abbazia delle tre fontane / Kristin B. Aavitsland.

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Aavitsland, Kristin B.

Title & Author:

Imagining the human condition in medieval Rome : the Cistercian fresco cycle at Abbazia delle tre fontane / Kristin B. Aavitsland.

Publication:

Farnham, surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2012]
©2012

Description:

xv, 337 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-325) and index.
The Vita Humana Cycle at the Abbey of Tre Fontane -- 1. The Settings of the Vita Humana Cycle -- 2. Learning, Piety and the Rhetoric of Images -- 3. Paradise Lost -- 4. The Man in the Tree of Life -- 5. The Eagles -- 6. The Fisherman -- 7. The Wheel of Senses and the Ages of Man -- 8. The Harvest of Fruit in the Garden of Life -- 9. Birds and Cages -- 10. The Vita Humana Cycle: A Visual Florilegium? Concluding Remarks.

Summary:

Art historian and medievalist Aavitsland (theology, U. of Oslo) explores what can be learned about life in Rome through a series of frescoes from the late 13th or early 14th century discovered during the middle 1960s in the Roman Cistercian abbey of Ss. Vincenzo e Anastasio at Tre Fontane. Among her perspectives are the settings of the vita humana cycle, a man in the tree of life, the eagles, the wheel of senses and the ages of man, the harvest of fruit in the garden of life, and birds and cages. Color plates illustrate panels and details. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

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ISBN:

9781409438182 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
140943818X (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Abbazia delle tre fontane (Rome, Italy)
Vita humana (Abbazia delle tre fontane)
Life cycle, Human, in art.
Cistercian mural painting and decoration Italy Rome.
Mural painting and decoration, Italian Italy Rome 13th century.
Mural painting and decoration, Gothic Italy Rome.
Étapes de la vie dans l'art.
Cistercian mural painting and decoration
Mural painting and decoration, Gothic
Mural painting and decoration, Italian
Muralmåleri.
Italy Rome
Italien Rom.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 287955
Call No.: BIB 229409
Status: Available

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