Memorie Della Vita Miracoli E Culto Di San Gianuario Martire Vescouo Di Beneuento E Principal Protettor Della Citta Di Napoli Raccolte Da Don Camillo Tutini Napoletano

Author : Helen Hills
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526100398
Total Pages : 726 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book The matter of miracles written by Helen Hills and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates baroque architecture through the lens of San Gennaro’s miraculously liquefying blood in Naples. This vantage point allows a bracing and thoroughly original rethink of the power of baroque relics and reliquaries. It shows how a focus on miracles produces original interpretations of architecture, sanctity and place which will engage architectural historians everywhere. The matter of the baroque miracle extends into a rigorous engagement with natural history, telluric philosophy, new materialism, theory and philosophy. The study will transform our understanding of baroque art and architecture, sanctity and Naples. Bristling with new archival materials and historical insights, this study lifts the baroque from its previous marginalisation to engage fiercely with materiality and potentiality and thus unleash baroque art and architecture as productive and transformational.