Contents: Preface; Introduction; Orvieto and the cathedral; Fra Angelico and the formulation of a liturgical plan; Tradition and innovation; In festo omnium sanctorum; Adventus; Liturgy meets poetry; Purgatory and Il Purgatorio; Classical allegories; Wisdom and eloquence: Signorelli as Renaissance painter-poet-theologian; Appendix: list of scences in the Capella Nova; Bibliography; Index.
Sara Nair James, Mary Baldwin College, Virginia, USA
'Signorelli and Fra Angelico at Orvieto is the single best overall account of Signorelli's great work in the Cappella Nuova in the cathedral of Orvieto. Exceptional in its breadth and ease of explanation, this book is the complete study of the subject to date, giving the reader a guide through previous scholarship as well as an implicit summary of all other major interpretations.' Paul Barolsky, University of Virginia 'Sara James's well-conceived, well-documented and well-argued volume is the first study of the chapel to recover and articulate in an exhaustive, coherent fashion the original, long-forgotten religious programme.' Ecclesiastical History 'James's volume must be considered the indispensable guide of first recourse for any future study of this Renaissance jewel of a chapel.' Ecclesiastical History 'Sara Nair James's well researched, stimulating, and sometimes provocative study... perceptive study...' Brian Tovey, The Art Newspaper '... a useful contribution to Signorelli scholarship.' Barnaby Nygren, Renaissance Quarterly
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