Religious Poverty Visual Riches Art In The Dominican Churches Of Central Italy In The Thirteenth And Fourteenth Centuries
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Religious Poverty Visual Riches Art In The Dominican Churches Of Central Italy In The Thirteenth And Fourteenth Centuries

by Joanna Cannon

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The Dominican friars of late-medieval Italy were vowed to a life of religious poverty, yet their churches contained many visual riches. Featuring works by supreme practitioners such as Cimabue, Duccio, Giotto and Simone Martini, this book sets the art of the Dominican churches in a wider context.