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A Printed Icon in Early Modern Italy: Forl

by Texas) Lisa Pon (southern Methodist University

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 17.8 x 25.4 x 1.7 cm

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For art history lovers and those interested in Italy

Unveils the rich story behind a famous woodcut print

You will gain deeper insights into art's spiritual impact

This book explores the cultural history of the Madonna of the Fire in Forl.

In 1428, a devastating fire destroyed a schoolhouse in the Northern Italian city of Forl , leaving only a woodcut of the Madonna and Child that had been tacked to the classroom wall. The people of Forl carried that print - now known as the Madonna of the Fire - into their cathedral, where two centuries later a new chapel was built to enshrine it. In this book, Lisa Pon considers a cascade of moments in the Madonna of the Fire's cultural biography: when ink was impressed onto paper at a now-unknown date; when that sheet was recognized by Forl 's people as miraculous; when it was enshrined in various tabernacles and chapels in the cathedral; when it or one of its copies was - and still is - carried in procession. In doing so, Pon offers an experiment in art historical inquiry that spans more than three centuries of making, remaking, and renewal.
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  • Title

    A Printed Icon in Early Modern Italy: Forl

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    July 2022

  • Weight

    541g

  • Dimensions

    17.8 x 25.4 x 1.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9781107491113

  • ISBN-10

    1107491118

  • Eden Code

    5697121