Themes, History, Religion & Spirituality 

About This Book: This collection of essays "explores the interrelated issues that shaped religious feeling, practice, art, and thought in the early Italian Renaissance." Relying on insights drawn from anthropology, sociology, and psychology. the contributors have used a broad range of materials to interpret the period. The book is organized into 4 sections: The Monastic World, The Religious World of the Laity, The World of the Christian Humanist, and Coda on Method. Book Details: Trade paperback, 611 pp. B&w illustrations. Table of Contents Highlights: Fra Angelico at San Marco; Monasteries, Friaries, and Nunneries in Quattrocento Florence; The Tree of Life and the Holy Cross; Some Special Images for Carmelites; The Scuole Grandi of Venice; Death and Christian Charity; Cult Objects and Artistic Patronage; The Word Made Flesh; Savonarola's Preaching and the Patronage of Art; Altarpieces and the Requirements of Patrons. - from Amzon