03120oam 22006374a 450 991048091980332120211004152743.01-5261-6193-11-5261-0038-X(CKB)4100000011744182(MiAaPQ)EBC6467008(StDuBDS)EDZ0002592024(OCoLC)1236213170(MdBmJHUP)musev2_82126(EXLCZ)99410000001174418220210205h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe matter of miraclesNeapolitan baroque architecture and sanctity /Helen HillsManchester :Manchester University Press,2021.1 online resource (656 pages) illustrationsRethinking art's historiesPreviously issued in print: 2016."Publication of this book has been aided by a grant from the Millard Meiss Publication Fund of the College Art Association"--Title page verso.0-7190-8474-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.This book investigates baroque architecture through the lens of San Gennaro's miraculously liquefying blood in Naples. This vantage point allows a bracing and thoroughly original rethink of the power of baroque relics and reliquaries. It shows how a focus on miracles produces original interpretations of architecture, sanctity and place which will engage architectural historians everywhere. The matter of the baroque miracle extends into a rigorous engagement with natural history, telluric philosophy, new materialism, theory and philosophy. The study will transform our understanding of baroque art and architecture, sanctity and Naples. Bristling with new archival materials and historical insights, this study lifts the baroque from its previous marginalisation to engage fiercely with materiality and potentiality and thusunleash baroque art and architecture as productive and transformational.Rethinking art's histories.Manchester scholarship online.Church decoration and ornamentItalyNaplesArt baroqueItalieNaplesArchitecture baroqueItalieNaplesChurch decoration and ornamentItalyNaplesArt, BaroqueItalyNaplesArchitecture, BaroqueItalyNaplesNaples (Italy)Buildings, structures, etcNaples (Italy)Buildings, structures, etcLivres numeriques.Electronic books. Church decoration and ornamentArt baroqueArchitecture baroqueChurch decoration and ornamentArt, BaroqueArchitecture, Baroque726.64045731Hills Helen241843MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910480919803321The matter of miracles2474078UNINA