- Hardcover: 248 pages
- Publisher: Princeton University Press (25 April 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0691040869
- ISBN-13: 978-0691040868
- Product Dimensions: 26.2 x 20 x 2.1 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,292,785 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Jonathan Riess's text is the most comprehensive, scholarly treatment of Signorelli's Capella Nuova at Orvieto published to date... Of all the published theories on Signorelli's chapel, Reiss's are the most innovative and the most carefully supported; his writing is well organized, his research is meticulous. Sixteenth Century Journal
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A major monument, Luca Signorelli's Orvieto Cathedral frescoes rendered with vigour and invective the most ambitious consideration of the Apocalypse and the Last Judgement in Italian Renaissance art. In a fresh interpretation of these frescoes, Jonathan Riess explores the intriguing, violent style and complex iconography and places the works in their richly faceted historical setting. Begun by Fra Angelico in 1447 and completed by Signorelli at the turn of the century, the frescoes reflect the turmoil within the Papal States, the suffering brought on by a surge of natural disasters, the fear of the Turks, and the anti-Judaic campaigns of the day. The book centres on the mural depicting the Rule of Antichrist, the single monumental portrayal of the subject during the Renaissance and a revealing indicator of widespread apocalyptic obsessions. Drawing on historical, theological, literary, and artistic sources, Riess examines the reasons behind the commissioning of the murals and considers the broad meaning of the programme. The Rule of Antichrist, for example, is seen as a summa of the doom-laden worlds of Rome and Orvieto and as a blistering condemnation of the political realm. Signo
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Woefully lacking in illustrations
23 Aug 2007
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For a book about a great work of art, I would have liked to see some great reproductions. No such luck.
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