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The burial chapel of Giuliano Guizzelmi and the demands of devotion
Author(s) -
Maniura Robert
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
renaissance studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.117
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1477-4658
pISSN - 0269-1213
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-4658.2005.00093.x
Subject(s) - chapel , pilgrimage , painting , memorandum , art , biography , art history , visual arts , history , archaeology
This paper examines the wall paintings of the burial chapel of Giuliano di Francesco Guizzelmi (1446‐1518) in Prato Cathedral (1506‐10). Drawing on the memoriale or memorandum book of the patron and a posthumous biography of him, it explores the significance of the images with reference to prominent features of his religious life; his devotion to a miraculous crucifix and his intended pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The study helps to clarify the centrality of the visual in the religion of the period and argues that images must be treated as integral parts of religious practice.