The matter of miracles Neapolitan baroque architecture and sanctity / Helen Hills.
| Author/creator | Hills, Helen |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016. |
| Description | xxii, 600 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Rethinking art's histories Rethinking art's histories. ^A1092729 |
| Summary | This book investigates baroque architecture through the lens of San Gennaro's miraculously liquefying blood in Naples. This vantage point allows a bracing and thoroughly original rethink of the power of baroque relics and reliquaries. It shows how a focus on miracles produces original interpretations of architecture, sanctity and place which will engage architectural historians everywhere. The matter of the baroque miracle extends into a rigorous engagement with natural history, telluric philosophy, new materialism, theory and philosophy. The study will transform our understanding of baroque art and architecture, sanctity and Naples. Bristling with new archival materials and historical insights, this study lifts the baroque from its previous marginalisation to engage fiercely with materiality and potentiality and thus unleash baroque art and architecture as productive and transformational. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-535) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017287149 |
| ISBN | 9780719084744 hardback |
| ISBN | 0719084741 hardback |