Title & Author:

The church of Santa Maria Donna Regina : art, iconography, and patronage in fourteenth-century Naples / edited by Janis Elliott and Cordelia Warr.

Publication:

Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2004.

Description:

234 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Janis Elliott and Cordelia Warr -- Prologue : history of the building and restoration of the trecento church / Rosa Anna Genovese -- 1. Religious patronage and royal propaganda in Angevin Naples : Santa Maria Donna Regina in context / Samantha Kelly -- 2. Maria of Hungary as queen, patron and exemplar / Matthew J. Clear -- 3. Mater Serenissimi Principis : the tomb of Maria of Hungary / Tanja Michalsky -- 4. The architectural context of Santa Maria Donna Regina / Caroline Bruzelius -- 5. Contemplating angels and the Madonna of the Apocalypse / Hisashi Yakou -- 6. 'To exercise yourself in these things by continued contemplation' : visual and textual literacy in the frescoes at Santa Maria Donna Regina / Cathleen A. Fleck -- 7. The 'passion' cycle : images to contemplate and imitate amid Clarissan clausura / Adrian S. Hoch -- 8. The Golden legend and the cycle of the 'life of Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia-Hungary' / Cordelia Warr -- 9. The 'last judgement' : the cult of sacral kingship and dynastic hopes for the afterlife / Janis Elliott -- Conclusion : Santa Maria Donna Regina in its European context / Julian Gardner.

Summary:

"The church of Santa Maria Donna Regina in Naples is a rare example of aristocratic convent architecture in Italy, designed and built for the devotional use of the Clarissan nuns. Its decorative programme rivals that of Giotto's Arena Chapel in Padua in scope, iconographical complexity, and quality of artistic production. The first book in English on this important church, this volume is also the first full-scale study to bring together innovative interdisciplinary research on the building. The authors explore themes relating to the architecture, decoration, sculpture, iconography, audience, liturgy, and patronage of Santa Maria Donna Regina, enriching our understanding of the art patronage of royal women and the monastic experience of Clarissan nuns, as well as the politics, culture and patronage of trecento Naples. Over one hundred illustrations, many commissioned specially for the book, accompany the text."--Jacket.

Biographical note:

Cordelia Warr is Lecturer in the History of Art at the University of Manchester.
Janis Elliott is Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Victoria in Canada.

ISBN:

0754634779 (alk. paper)
9780754634775 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Santa Maria Donnaregina in Napoli (Church : Naples, Italy)
Santa Maria Donna Regina (Naples).
Franciscan architecture Italy Naples.
Mural painting and decoration, Italian Italy Naples 14th century.
Mural painting and decoration, Gothic Italy Naples.
Christian saints in art.
Art patronage Italy Naples History 14th century.
Architecture franciscaine Italie Naples.
Saints chrétiens dans l'art.
Mécénat Italie Naples Histoire 14e siècle.
Art patronage
Buildings
Franciscan architecture
Mural painting and decoration, Gothic
Mural painting and decoration, Italian
Naples (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.
Italy Naples

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Elliott, Janis, 1949-
Warr, Cordelia.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 236837
Call No.: NA5621.N27 C58 2004
Status: Available