A printed icon Forlì's Madonna of the Fire / Lisa Pon.

Author/creator Pon, Lisa
Other author American Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Descriptionxiv, 288 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book
Subjects

Cover title Printed icon in early modern Italy
Contents Thing. Iconography: Madonna and child; Imprint: paper, print, and matrix; Emplacement. Miracle: the fire of February 4, 1428; Domestic display: Lombardino da Ripetrosa's schoolhouse; Ecclesiastical enshrinement: the cathedral of Forlì; Mobilities. Moving in the city: the translation of 1636; Mobile in print: the procession on paper; Multiplied: the Madonna of the Fire in Forlì and beyond.
Abstract "In 1428, a devastating fire destroyed a schoolhouse in the northern Italian city of Forlì, leaving only a woodcut of the Madonna and Child that had been tacked to the classroom wall. The people of Forlì carried that print - now known as the Madonna of the Fire - into their cathedral, where two centuries later a new chapel was built to enshrine it. In this book, Lisa Pon considers a cascade of moments in the Madonna of the Fire's cultural biography: when ink was impressed onto paper at a now-unknown date; when that sheet was recognized by Forlì's people as miraculous; when it was enshrined in various tabernacles and chapels in the cathedral; when it or one of its copies was - and still is - carried in procession. In doing so, Pon offers an experiment in art historical inquiry that spans more than three centuries of making, remaking, and renewal"-- Provided by publisher.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014042756
ISBN9781107098510 (hardback)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Electronic Resources Access Content Online ✔ Available