When works of art created for religious purposes outlive their original function, they often take on new meanings as they move from sacred spaces to secular collections. Religious art embodies a complicated amalgam of the aesthetic and the numinous, and the fourteen essays in this volume explore how the admixture changes--often radically--with changes of function, setting, audience, and the passage of time.
Focusing on the centuries in which the phenomenon of collecting came powerfully into its own, these essays analyze the radical recontextualization of celebrated paintings by...
When works of art created for religious purposes outlive their original function, they often take on new meanings as they move from sacred spaces t...
A re-examination of the importance and legacy of provenance in the history of art. It goes beyond the narrow definition of the term provenance, which addresses only the bare facts of ownership and transfer, to explore ideas about the origins and itineraries of objects, consider the historical uses of provenance research.
A re-examination of the importance and legacy of provenance in the history of art. It goes beyond the narrow definition of the term provenance, which ...
This book explores the principles of the display of art in the magnificent Roman palaces of the early modern period, focusing attention on how the parts function to convey multiple artistic, social, and political messages, all within a splendid environment that provided a model for aristocratic residences throughout Europe. Many of the objects exhibited in museums today once graced the interior of a Roman Baroque palazzo or a setting inspired by one. In fact, the very convention of a paintings gallery-- the mainstay of museums--traces its ancestry to prototypes in the palaces of Rome. ...
This book explores the principles of the display of art in the magnificent Roman palaces of the early modern period, focusing attention on how the par...
