S. Maria Del Pianto: Loss, Remembrance And Legacy In Seventeenth Century Naples
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Authors
Ehlert, Rebecca Lisabeth
Date
2007-11-05T20:24:07Z
Type
thesis
Language
eng
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Neapolitan , Art
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This thesis explores the creation of the church of S. Maria del Pianto and its altarpieces commissioned in the wake of the Neapolitan plague of 1656. The church and its sacred images are representative of the devotional shift that occurred in Naples after such catastrophic loss of life – in particular devotion to the souls in Purgatory. An exploration of the church’s commission, the people involved as benefactors, and the significance of the site upon which it was built proved central to the identification of the possible meanings of the altarpieces for their seventeenth-century audience and are examined in detail in this study.
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Thesis (Master, Art History) -- Queen's University, 2007-10-27 14:20:05.416
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