The monastery of Santa Maria Degli Angeli was the home of the celebrated painter Lorenzo Monaco as well as a center for the production of illuminated manuscripts from the late thirteenth to the early fifteenth centuries. Bent considers the creative environment within the walls of this significant source of late medieval visual imagery and the monastery's role as part of the linkage amongst the visual, culture, spirituality and the liturgy. He describes the specifics of the patronage system as they applied to Santa Maria Degli Angeli, the history and functions of its scriptorium, the politics of the Albizzi faction and its impact on the space, the makers of the manuscripts and miniatures for which the monastery as famous, and the changes in the significance of the magnificent alterpiece, Monaco's Coronation of the Virgin. Bent includes over 100 monochrome figures and ten color plates.
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The monastery of Santa Maria Degli Angeli was the home of the celebrated painter Lorenzo Monaco as well as a center for the production of illuminated manuscripts from the late thirteenth to the early fifteenth centuries. Bent considers the creative environment within the walls of this significant source of late medieval visual imagery and the monastery's role as part of the linkage amongst the visual, culture, spirituality and the liturgy. He describes the specifics of the patronage system as they applied to Santa Maria Degli Angeli, the history and functions of its scriptorium, the politics of the Albizzi faction and its impact on the space, the makers of the manuscripts and miniatures for which the monastery as famous, and the changes in the significance of the magnificent alterpiece, Monaco's Coronation of the Virgin. Bent includes over 100 monochrome figures and ten color plates. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)