Reclaiming the Roman Capitol: Santa Maria in Aracoeli from the Altar of Augustus to the Franciscans, c. 500–1450
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (764 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1409417611 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 486 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Co-editor, with Rosamond McKitterick and John Osborne, of Romeacross Time and Space: Cultural Translation and the Exchange of Ideas, c. She has published extensively on medieval Rome and Franciscan Art and Architecture in a range of international peer-reviewed journals. 500-1400 (2011), her research has attracted major Fellowships, including Villa I Tatti &ndash
About the AuthorClaudia Bolgia is Senior Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Edinburgh. Co-editor, with Rosamond McKitterick and John Osborne, of Romeacross Time and Space: Cultural Translation and the Exchange of Ideas, c. 500-1400 (2011), her research has attracted major Fellowships, including Villa I Tatti – The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies (2009–10), The British School at Rome (2012–14), CASVA – The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (2016–17), The Newberry Library (2016–17), and The Leverhulme Trust (2017–18).. She has published extensively on medieval Rome and Franciscan Art and Architecture in a range of international peer-reviewed journals
This reassessment in turn allows the author to revisit a number of major questions, including the Franciscans’ physical and theoretical appropriation of the past, the adaptation of an ancient site by a ‘modern’ religious order, the use and functions of space, the interaction between friars, laity and artists, and the contribution of the Roman Franciscans to the development of Marian devotion, thus shedding new light on the social, political and religious history of late-medieval Italy and its impact beyond the peninsula, from England to Bohemia and the Holy Land.. Prominently located on the Arx, the northern summit of the Capitoline hill, S. On the basis of an interdisciplinary approach combining archaeological a