The rise of the new civic ritual of the immaculate conception of the Virgin in sixteenth-century Siena

Author

Mussolin, Mauro

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Renaissance studies. 2006, Num. 2, Vol. 20, 253-275, 9 ill.

ISSN

0269-1213

Abstract (en)

Explores the establishment of the civic ritual of the Immaculate Conception in 16th-c. Siena. Considers the role of the city's two Dominican convents, and of prominent widow Margherita Bichi, in the development of the feast. Discusses the development of imagery of the Madonna della Misericordia as protectress of Siena appearing along wtih depictions of the city featuring the Porta Camollia, site of a battle that took place in 1526, considering a procession banner and a woodcut frontispiece in particular.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Italy
• Mary, Virgin: Immaculate Conception
• Christian iconography
• Siena (ITA)
• Bichi, Margherita, 16th c.
• Ritual
• Religious feasts
• Mary, Virgin: Madonna of mercy
• Porta Camollia||Siena (ITA)
• Banners
• Woodcuts
• Prints
• Frontispieces
• Processions
• Italy
• 1500-1600

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Italie
• Vierge: Immaculée Conception
• Iconographie chrétienne
• Siena (ITA)
• Bichi, Margherita, 16~e s.
• Rituel
• Fête religieuse
• Vierge: De Miséricorde
• Porta Camollia||Siena (ITA)
• Bannière
• Gravure sur bois
• Estampe
• Frontispice
• Procession
• Italie
• 1500-1600

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier20060701-00022997

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