A printed icon in early modern Italy: Forlì's Madonna of the Fire
"In 1428, a devastating fire destroyed a schoolhouse in the northern Italian city of Forlì, leaving only a woodcut of the Madonna and Child that had been tacked to the classroom wall. The people of Forlì carried that print - now known as the Madonna of the Fire - into their cathedral, where two...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York, NY
Cambridge University Press
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Edition: | 1. publ. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Madonna del Fuoco
B Forlì / Marian devotion (motif) / Madonna del Fuoco / History |
| Further subjects: | B
Wood-engraving, Italian 15th century
B Veneration of icons Cult (Italy) (Forlì) B Jesus Christ Species B Madonna of the fire B Mary Blessed Virgin, Saint Species |
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| Summary: | "In 1428, a devastating fire destroyed a schoolhouse in the northern Italian city of Forlì, leaving only a woodcut of the Madonna and Child that had been tacked to the classroom wall. The people of Forlì carried that print - now known as the Madonna of the Fire - into their cathedral, where two centuries later a new chapel was built to enshrine it. In this book, Lisa Pon considers a cascade of moments in the Madonna of the Fire's cultural biography: when ink was impressed onto paper at a now-unknown date; when that sheet was recognized by Forlì's people as miraculous; when it was enshrined in various tabernacles and chapels in the cathedral; when it or one of its copies was - and still is - carried in procession. In doing so, Pon offers an experiment in art historical inquiry that spans more than three centuries of making, remaking, and renewal"-- |
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| Item Description: | Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 288 S., Ill., 27 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-1-107-09851-0 |
