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