Hills, Helen.

The Matter of Miracles : Neapolitan Baroque Architecture and Sanctity. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (656 pages) - Rethinking Art's Histories Series . - Rethinking Art's Histories Series .

Front matter -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of plates -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: openings -- Prologue: the analogous relic -- Part I The miracle -- 1. The matter of miracles: San Gennaro's blood and the Treasury Chapel -- 2. Blood, bronze, Vesuvius: material transformations -- 3. Miraculous witness: exclusive affects -- Part II Patrons and protectors -- 4. The machinic chapel and the production of protectors -- 5. From prayer to presence -- Part III The choreography of sanctity -- 6. Niche and saints: folding the wall -- 7. Saints on the move and the choreography of sanctity -- 8. Holiness and history: relics and gender -- 9. Heads and bones: face to face -- 10. Silver saints: between transformation and transaction -- Conclusion: the miraculous chance -- Bibliography -- Plates and figures -- Index.

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9781526100382


Duomo (Naples, Italy).-Cappella del tesoro.
Art, Baroque-Italy-Naples.
Church decoration and ornament-Italy-Naples.
Naples (Italy)-Buildings, structures, etc.


Electronic books.

NA5621.N3 .H555 2016

726.094573109031