Orcagna's tabernacle in Florence : design and function

Author

Cassidy, Brendan

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte. 1992, Num. 2, Vol. 55, 180-211, 22 ill.; 1 plan

ISSN

0044-2992

Abstract (en)

Detailed study of Orcagna's tabernacle in the church of Orsanmichele, Florence, built ca.1352-1360s. Seeks to determine the original appearance of the tabernacle on the basis of contemporary descriptions and illustrations, and discusses the devotional practices it was designed to serve. Describes the role of the tabernacle in religious spectacles of the 14th c., and relates these practices to the structure of the work. Finally, places the work in the context of comparable structures, and establishes a relationship between the Orcagna tabernacle and an earlier tabernacle that stood in Orsanmichele, which is illustrated in the Libro del Biadaiolo.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Sculpture -- Italy
• Orcagna (Andrea di Cione), act.1343, d.1368
• Tabernacles
• Sculpture
• Italy
• 1300-1400
• Church furnishings
• Orsanmichele||Firenze (ITA)

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Sculpture -- Italie
• Orcagna (Andrea di Cione), act.1343, m.1368
• Tabernacle (mobilier d'église)
• Sculpture
• Italie
• 1300-1400
• Mobilier d'église
• Orsanmichele||Firenze (ITA)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19930401-00368339

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