Author: Kahn-Rossi, Manuela et al.
Title: Baroque Art from the Holy Sepulchre: The Image of Jerusalem in the Pre-Alps
Description: Lugano, Switzerland, Galleria Canesso, 2014. Hardcover. Black & color illus. boards, 147 pp. many color illus. CD tucked on back inside cover. Issued in conjunction with a 2014 exhibition which had as its goal "to give the right attention to the cultural and artistic dialogue between two difference traditions, that is, the close ties between Jerusalem, and how it was remembered in the heart of Europe (in the Sacre Monti, in the lunettes in Santa Maria degli Angioli, and in local private collections), and the presene in the Holy Land of the great iconographic tradition that evolved in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in both Italy and the continent." (foreword) With a variety of related essays by scholars. Prime focus is on six paintings: Adoration of the Shepherds (Master of the Annunciation to the Shepherds), The Resurrection (Paolo De Matteis), The Resurrection (De Blasio Workshop), and three paintings by Francesco De Mura: Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, The Raising of the Cross, and The Lamentation. Powerful and colorful illustrations. Uncommon. As New .

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