Caritas, controriforma : the changing role of a confraternity's ritual

Author

Weisz, Jean S.

Document type

Article (acte de congrès)

Language

English

Conference title

Crossing the boundaries : Christian piety and the arts in Italian medieval and Renaissance confraternities

Author (monograph)

Eisenbichler, Konrad (Editor, Collective Author)

Source

Crossing the boundaries : Christian piety and the arts in Italian medieval and Renaissance confraternities. 1991, 221-236, 18 ill.

Publisher

Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Relates the 16th c. decorative program of the oratory of S. Giovanni Decollato, Rome, to the confraternity's practice of caritas, or Christian love, especially the care of prisoners and the condemned.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Italy
• Confraternities
• Italy
• 1500-1600
• S. Giovanni Decollato||Roma (ITA)
• Mural painting
• Corporal works of mercy
• Charity
• Christian iconography
• Iconography

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Italie
• Confrérie
• Italie
• 1500-1600
• S. Giovanni Decollato||Roma (ITA)
• Peinture murale
• Oeuvres de miséricorde
• Charité
• Iconographie chrétienne
• Iconographie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940101-00337585

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