Architecture for the Shroud
Relic and Ritual in Turin
496 pages, 16 color plates, 184 halftones, 16 line drawings, 2 tables 8-1/2 x 12
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2003
Cloth $91.00
ISBN: 9780226743165
Published March 2003
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List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction: Architecture and Relic PART I: PEREGRINATIONS 1. RELIC AND KINGSHIP 2. SHROUD OF CHAMBÉRY: SAINTE-CHAPELLE 3. A NEW CAPITAL AND ITS RELIC PART II: "TERROR OF ARCHITECTURE": GUARINO GUARINI AND THE CHAPEL OF THE HOLY SHROUD 4. SEEING THE SHROUD: GUARINI'S SACRED THEATER 5. FAITH IN GEOMETRY 6. IMAGERY OF DEVOTION AND DYNASTY 7. ILLUSION OF MEANING/MEANING OF ILLUSION PART III: RELIC AND MONARCHY IN THE URBAN SETTING 8. CULTIC URBANISM: RITUAL IN THE PUBLIC THEATER OF OSTENSION 9. DYNASTIC PANTHEON: REVOLUTION AND RISORGIMENTO 10. SHROUD AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE ITALIAN STATE EPILOGUE APPENDIXES Appendix A: Abbreviated Family Tree of the Savoy Family Appendix B: Abbreviated Family Tree of the Lusignans of Cyprus Appendix C: Description of the Shroud Chapel (1682) Appendix D: Chronological Bibliography of Interpretations of Guarini's Shroud Chapel (1956-2000) Appendix E: Documenting Frequency of Public Ostensions Appendix F: Ceremonial Diary: Description of the Ostension of 28 May 1684 Appendix G: Ceremonial Diary: Description of the Ostension of 15 October 1775 Notes Bibliography Index
Awards
- PROSE Book Award
Honorable Mention
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