Reforming art in Renaissance Venice

Abstract

"This book considers the impact of religious reform on the devotional art and architecture of sixteenthcentury Venice. Interrogating early modern censorship, artistic liberty, notions of decorum tied to depictions of the body, and the role of sacred images in the shaping of local identity, it showcases a study through which to explore these themes"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

The appeal of the subversive : art and heresy (1520-1544) -- Nakedness and lasciviousness : the boundaries of decorum before and after the Council of Trent -- The limits of enforcement : artistic censorship in Venice -- A reform in quantity : Patriarch Lorenzo Priuli's visitations -- The body of Christ -- Sanctity -- The afterlife.