Blessed and beautiful : picturing the saints / Robert Kiely.

Author/creator Kiely, Robert, 1931-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press, 2010.
Descriptionxi, 344 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Subjects

Portion of title Rereading the saints with help from the Italian masters
Contents Introduction. Choosing the "beautiful ones" -- The standing of Mary : Opus Formosior -- A saint for all seasons : taking liberties with John the Baptist -- Recovering Mary Magdalene and the dignity of woman : Apostola Apostolorum -- Manliness and saintliness : the cases of Mark, Sebastian, and Rocco -- The pearls of Saint Lawrence : what Ruskin sees when he looks at a picture -- Imagining Augustine imagining, or, A theologian's toothache -- Sodoma's Saint Benedict : out in the cloister -- Further considerations of the holy stigmata of Saint Francis : where was Brother Leo? -- The saint who lost her head, or, Who's afraid of Catherine of Siena? -- Saints fair and fearsome : Louis of Toulouse and Bernardino da Siena -- Epilogue : pace e bene.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010016379
ISBN9780300162776 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0300162774 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks ND1432.I8 K54 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold