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The Badia of Florence : art and observance in a Renaissance monastery
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- Creator
- Anne Leader
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2012]
- ©2012
- Physical Details
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- x, 325 pages : color illustrations, maps, plans ; 23 x 29 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780253355676, 0253355672
- OCLC
- ocn663459902
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-314) and index.
- Introduction -- The development of an urban monastery -- Benedictine decadence and the path to reform -- Badia patronage and the paradox of autonomy -- Architectural design as monastic reform -- Icon, symbol, and narrative at the Florentine Badia -- The Badia painters -- Epilogue. The Badia from the Renaissance to today