Religious Poverty, Visual Riches

Religious Poverty, Visual Riches
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ISBN-10 : 0300187653
ISBN-13 : 9780300187656
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Download or read book Religious Poverty, Visual Riches written by Joanna Cannon and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dominican friars of late-medieval Italy were vowed to a life of religious poverty, yet their churches contained many visual riches. Featuring works by supreme practitioners such as Cimabue, Duccio, Giotto and Simone Martini, this book sets the art of the Dominican churches in a wider context.


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