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Golden Glow: Gold and Silver Altarpieces in Medieval Venetia

By Stefania Gerevini (Editor), Giosuè Fabiano (Editor), Andrew Hopkins (Editor)
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By Stefania Gerevini (Editor), Giosuè Fabiano (Editor), Andrew Hopkins (Editor)
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In medieval and early modern Venice, churches gleamed with the brilliance of gold and silver altarpieces and altar frontals. Large-scale, sumptuous, and visually ingenious, these altarpieces functioned as dramatic "viewing machines", dominating the architectural space and framing the liturgy. The essays in this volume bring those awe-inspiring and long-neglected objects back to light, exposing their significance as the forgotten heart of Venice’s visual and religious landscape, and situatin...

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