TY - BOOK AU - Hills,Helen TI - The Matter of Miracles: Neapolitan Baroque Architecture and Sanctity T2 - Rethinking Art's Histories Series SN - 9781526100382 AV - NA5621.N3 .H555 2016 U1 - 726.094573109031 PY - 2016/// CY - Manchester PB - Manchester University Press KW - Duomo (Naples, Italy).-Cappella del tesoro KW - Art, Baroque-Italy-Naples KW - Church decoration and ornament-Italy-Naples KW - Naples (Italy)-Buildings, structures, etc KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - No detailed description available for "The matter of miracles" UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=6467008 ER -