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Reconstructing the Lost Frescoes of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva in Rome From the meditationes of Cardinal Juan De Torquemada: A Case Study in the History of Art

SKU: PMRT.GEN.8155.01299

$240.45

Publisher: The Edwin Mellen Press
Number of Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780773448155
Publication Date: 2009
Condition: New

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This study reconstructs both the physical appearance and the spiritual experience of Torquemadas Meditationes , through a careful analysis of primary documents, architectural fragments, and historical analysis. though no artist can be named with certainty, the lost fresco cycle of the Minerva provides a unique opportunity to examine the conception and reception of a monumental devotional cycle commissioned by one of the most erudite theologians of the fifteenth-century for one of the most popular churches in Rome. This book contains twelve color photographs and twenty-one black and white photographs.

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