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Item Number: 147583
Title: Pistoia Citta dei Pulpiti
Author: Begliomini, Nicolo (photos) ; FAI Giovanni Pistoia (ed)
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9788898888092
Description: Pistoia: Giorgio Tesi, 2017. 33cm., pbk., 175pp. prof. illus., most in color. Italian-English text.

Contents: Bible stories in Sculpture - Traveling through the medieval pulpits of Pistoia ; The medieval pulpits of Pistoia - City identity and artistic topos from The Handbook for Travelers to Le Corbusier ; The Theology of Stone - Some notes on its role and the liturgical context ; The Church of Sant'Andrea and the pulpit of Giovanni Pisano - The most famous sculpture in the city ; The Church of San Bartolomeo and the fortunes of Guido da Como's pulpit - A visual expressivity across seven centuries ; The Church of San Giovanni Fuorcivitas and its pulpit - Gold and marble for the glory of the Annunciation ; The pulpit of the Church of San Michele in Groppoli - A sculptural treasure hidden in the hills ; San Zeno Cathedral, the lost pulpit and the Vasarian pulpti - Identifying surviving elements from among scholars' interpretations. (Avvicinatevi alla bellezza, 3)

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