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Article: The Art of the Franciscan Order in Italy.(Book review)
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- Church History
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- September 1, 2006
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The Art of the Franciscan Order in Italy. Edited by William R. Cook. The Medieval Franciscans. Leiden: Brill, 2005. xxii + 297 pp. $199.00 cloth.
This new volume on Franciscan art is one of several recent publications in English on the art and history of the order, and is a welcome addition to scholarship on the Franciscans. There are nine essays, which range in topic from various aspects of the basilica of San Francesco in Assisi and its decoration to images in panel painting of Francis's posthumous miracles, and the stained glass of the Bardi Chapel in Sta. Croce. By and large the focus is on the basilica of Assisi, and as such this volume engages directly with ...
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