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Marilyn Aronberg Lavin

The Place of Narrative

Mural Decoration in Italian Churches, 431-1600

426 pages, 24 color plates, 209 halftones, 58 line drawings  8-1/2 x 11  © 1990

Paper $65.00

ISBN: 9780226469607   Published February 1995

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Place of Narrative
1: Medieval Protocols
2: The Cycle in the Private Chapel, 1300-1350
3: Narrative in the Public Domain, 1340-1400
4: Nationalism and the Festival Mode: The Legend of the True Cross
5: Tradition and the New Synthesis in the Early Fifteenth Century
6: Disposition as a Theopolitical Tool: Fra Filippo, Mantegna, Piero della Francesca
7: Consolidation of Tradition: The Sistine Chapel and Beyond
8: The Expanded Field and Its Narrative Implications
9: New Continuities: Narrative Disposition in the Sixteenth Century
The Computer Database: NARRART DATA
Appendix 1: Selected Cycle Entries
Appendix 2: List of Cycles by Patterns of Disposition
Notes
Bibliography
Photographic Credits
Index
Awards
  • Chicago Women in Publishing Annual Awards
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