TY - BOOK ID - 32309412 TI - The work of Mercy in Italian medieval art (c.1050 - c.1400) AU - Botana, Federico AU - Brepols PY - 2011 SN - 9782503536231 2503536239 PB - Turnhout Brepols DB - UniCat KW - Art, Italian KW - Art, Medieval KW - Spiritual works of mercy KW - Art italien KW - Art médiéval KW - Oeuvres de miséricorde spirituelle KW - In art KW - dans l'art KW - 091.31 <45> KW - 76 <45> KW - Verluchte handschriften--Italië KW - Grafische kunsten. Grafiek. Prentkunst--Italië KW - 76 <45> Grafische kunsten. Grafiek. Prentkunst--Italië KW - 091.31 <45> Verluchte handschriften--Italië KW - 091.31:7.04 KW - 091 <45> KW - 091.31:7.04 Verluchte handschriften: iconografie KW - Verluchte handschriften: iconografie KW - 091 <45> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Italië KW - Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Italië KW - Christian spirituality KW - Art KW - anno 1100-1199 KW - anno 1200-1299 KW - anno 1300-1399 KW - anno 1000-1099 KW - Italy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:32309412 AB - This is the first monograph on the medieval Italian representations of the corporal and spiritual Works of Mercy, the fourteen basic categories of almsdeeds conceived by the scholastics. This is a genuinely interdisciplinary study: Federico Botana has painstakingly dissected frescoes, panel paintings, miniatures, and sculptures of the Works of Mercy to shed new light on fundamental aspects of medieval society. These depictions reveal how communities took care of their needy, in some instances beyond what can be gleaned in written sources. Most of all, they contribute to our understanding of medieval confraternal piety. For Church reformers and the Mendicant Orders, the "works of mercy" served to rally Christians against heresy. ER -