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Signorelli and Fra Angelico at Orvieto: Liturgy, Poetry and a Vision of the End Time book cover

1st Edition

Signorelli and Fra Angelico at Orvieto Liturgy, Poetry and a Vision of the End Time

By Sara Nair James Copyright 2003
224 Pages
by Routledge

Built in 1290, the cathedral at Orvieto, Italy, is a masterpiece of Italian gothic architecture. The decoration of the Cappella Nuova, commenced by Fra Angelico in 1447 and magnificently completed by Luca Signorelli in 1499 and 1504, displays an awe-inspiring Last Judgement and Apocalypse and, below it, scenes from Dante and classical literature. Drawing on years of detailed research into the... Read more
Contents: Preface; Introduction; Orvieto and the cathedral; Fra Angelico and the formulation of a liturgical plan; Tradition and innovation; In festo omnium sanctorum; Adventus; Liturgy meets poetry; Purgatory and Il Purgatorio; Classical allegories; Wisdom and eloquence: Signorelli as Renaissance painter-poet-theologian; Appendix: list of scences in the Capella Nova; Bibliography; Index.

Biography

Sara Nair James

'Signorelli and Fra Angelico at Orvieto is the single best overall account of Signorelli's great work in the Cappella Nuova in the cathedral of Orvieto. Exceptional in its breadth and ease of explanation, this book is the complete study of the subject to date, giving the reader a guide through previous scholarship as well as an implicit summary of all other major interpretations.' Paul Barolsky, University of Virginia

'Sara James's well-conceived, well-documented and well-argued volume is the first study of the chapel to recover and articulate in an exhaustive, coherent fashion the original, long-forgotten religious programme.' Ecclesiastical History

'James's volume must be considered the indispensable guide of first recourse for any future study of this Renaissance jewel of a chapel.' Ecclesiastical History

'Sara Nair James's well researched, stimulating, and sometimes provocative study... perceptive study...' Brian Tovey, The Art Newspaper

'... a useful contribution to Signorelli scholarship.' Barnaby Nygren, Renaissance Quarterly

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