A distant city : images of urban experience in the medieval world

Author

Frugoni, Chiara; McCuaig, William (Translator)

Document type

Livre

Language

English

Source

Originally published in Italian as: Una lontana città : sentimenti e immagini nel Medioevo. Turin : G. Einaudi, 1983 ; 1991 ; 105 ill.; sel. bibliogr.; index ; xv, 206 p., [79] p. of pl. ; 1991

ISBN

0691040834

Publisher

Princeton University Press, Princeton (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Examines the iconography of the city in Medieval art in Italy. Discusses the role of the church as a central, identifying feature of cities, and analyzes Lorenzetti's Good Government and Bad Government frescoes in the Palazzo pubblico, Siena.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Pictorial arts -- Italy
• Cities
• Italy
• 900-1400
• Medieval
• Iconography
• Lorenzetti, Ambrogio, d.ca.1348
• Allegory of Good and Bad Government
• Palazzo pubblico||Siena (ITA)
• Mural painting
• Art
• Church

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Italie
• Ville
• Italie
• 900-1400
• Moyen Age
• Iconographie
• Lorenzetti, Ambrogio, m.v.1348
• Allégorie du Bon et du Mauvais Gouvernement
• Palazzo pubblico||Siena (ITA)
• Peinture murale
• Art
• Eglise (institution)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920401-00424704

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