Overview
In 1428, a devastating fire destroyed a schoolhouse in the Northern Italian city of Forli, leaving only a woodcut of the Madonna and Child that had been tacked to the classroom wall. The people of Forli carried that print - now known as the Madonna of the Fire - into their cathedral, where two centuries later a new chapel was built to enshrine it. In this book, Lisa Pon considers a cascade of moments in the Madonna of the Fire's cultural biography: when ink was impressed onto paper at a now-unknown date; when that sheet was recognized by Forli's people as miraculous; when it was enshrined in various tabernacles and chapels in the cathedral; when it or one of its copies was - and still is - carried in procession. In doing so, Pon offers an experiment in art historical inquiry that spans more than three centuries of making, remaking, and renewal.
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- ISBN-13: 9781107491113
- ISBN-10: 1107491118
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publish Date: July 2022
- Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.65 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.19 pounds
- Page Count: 310
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