Devotion by design : Italian altarpieces before 1500 /

Devotion by design : Italian altarpieces before 1500 /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate author / creator:	National Gallery (Great Britain)
Imprint:	London : National Gallery Co. ; [New Haven, Conn.] : Distributed by Yale University Press, 2011.
Description:	128 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	National Gallery (Great Britain) -- Exhibitions. National Gallery (Great Britain) Altarpieces, Italian -- 14th century -- Exhibitions. Altarpieces, Italian -- 15th century -- Exhibitions. Panel painting, Italian -- 14th century -- Exhibitions. Panel painting, Italian -- 15th century -- Exhibitions. Polyptychs -- Italy -- Exhibitions. Christianity and art -- Catholic Church -- Exhibitions. Christianity and art -- Italy -- Exhibitions. Panel painting -- England -- London -- Exhibitions. Altarpieces, Italian. Christianity and art. Christianity and art -- Catholic Church. Panel painting. Panel painting, Italian. Polyptychs. England -- London. Italy. Exhibition catalogs.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8683551

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Italian altarpieces before 1500
Other authors / contributors:	Nethersole, Scott.
ISBN:	9781857095258 1857095251
Notes:	Published on the occasion of an exhibition of works chiefly from the collection of the National Gallery, London, held there, July 6-Oct. 2, 2011. Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-123).
Summary:	This book considers Italian altarpieces in the collection of the National Gallery in London and their role in the lives of people living in the Italian Peninsula between the mid-thirteenth century and the year 1500.

Table of Contents:

Altarpieces in context
Defining function
Italian altarpieces : structure and type
The commission as a social contract
Dislocation, dismembering and dismantling.