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Chapter Five - The Body of Christ

from Part II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 January 2025

Marie-Louise Lillywhite
Marie-Louise Lillywhite
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University of Oxford
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Chapter 5 concentrates on images of the body of Christ, covering a rich terrain of painted and illustrated images and ever more lavishly embellished tabernacles. Here we will see how iconographies that were established prior to the Reformations were visited afresh by the leading artists of the day.

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Palma il GiovaneRomaninoMoretto da BresciaGirolamo CampagnaGiovanni Belliniangelsbody of ChristhosttabernaclesJesuit Order
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Reforming Art in Renaissance Venice , pp. 245 - 287
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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