Divine and Demonic Imagery at Tor De'specchi, 1400-1500: Religious Women and Art in 15th-Century Rome

by Suzanne M. Scanlan

In the fifteenth century, the Oblates of Santa Francesca Romana, a fledgling community of religious women in Rome, commissioned an impressive array of artwork for their newly acquired living quarters, the Tor de'Specchi. The imagery focused overwhelmingly on the sensual, corporeal nature of contemporary spirituality, populating the walls of the monastery with a highly naturalistic assortment of earthly, divine, and demonic figures. This book draws...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9462983992
• ISBN13: 9789462983991
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.5"