Translating the Sacred: Piety, Politics and the Changing Image of the Holy House of Loreto
xi, 93 p. : ill. A print copy of this title is available through the UO Libraries under the call numbers: AAA NB1793.I82 L674 2008
Giambattista Tiepolo's Ceiling for S. Maria di Nazareth in Venice: Legend, Traditions, and Devotions
Tiepolo's most grandiose painting based on a religious theme is the Translation of the Virgin's Holy House (Fig. 1). Executed between 1743 and 1745 for the Discalced Carmelites in Venice in their church of S. Maria di Nazareth, commonly called the Chiesa degli Scalzi,1 Tie-polo's work is also the last great illusionistic ceiling painting in Italian art. Although Gino Fogolari and George Knox have published the documents and drawings for the Scalzi commission,2 the opulence of Tie-polo's Translation, its relationship to the tradition of Holy House imagery, and its iconographic program have yet to be understood. This study of the complex fresco will demonstrate that the Translation is a statement of Carmelite history and traditions and a celebration of devotions to the Marian cult at the Basilica of Loreto.
Jerusalem pilgrimage, 1099-1185
Contents: Preface Introduction Jerusalem Pilgrimage: translations of the texts Appendix List of sources Index.