Nuns and Reform Art in Early Modern Venice: The Architecture of Santi Cosma E Damiano and Its Decoration from Tintoretto to Tiepolo

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2012 - 314 pages
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The author of this study argues that from its foundation in 1481 to its dissolution in 1805, Santi Cosma e Damiano was a reform convent, and that its nuns employed art and architecture as a means to express their specific religious concerns actively.
 

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Table des matières

Introduction
1
The Beginnings of the Nunnery and Its First Church
21
The New Convent and Church
37
The Architecture of the New Convent and Church
57
Santi Cosma e Damianos Sister Churches and Their Design
103
Cassinese Reform Architecture
121
THE DECORATION or SANTI COSMA E DAMIANO
141
Tintorettos Crucifixion and Cassinese Spirituality
161
Tintoretto s Reformation of the Sacra Conversazione
188
The SixteenthCentury Frescoes
215
Conclusion
257
The Spiritual Testament of Marina Celsi
267
Patriarch Giovanni Vendramins Description of
275
Annotations to Nicolò Dal Cortivos Plan of the Church
287
Index
305
Droits d'auteur

Tintorettos Santi Cosma e Damiano Altarpiece
181

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