The Renaissance Antichrist. Luca Signorelli's Orvieto Frescoes.
Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 1995. First English language edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xvi + 192pp + 38 b&w full pages illustrations. Bound in fine mauve cloth with black titling etc to spine, grey endsheets, double page colour illustration precedes the colour illustrated title page, Publisher's blurb: "Drawing on historical, theological, literary, and artistic sources, Riess examines the reasons behind the commissioning of the murals and considers the broad meaning of the program. The Rule of Antichrist, for example, is seen as a summa of the doom-laden worlds of Rome and Orvieto and as a blistering condemnation of the political realm. Signorelli's references to Dante, Virgil, and Cicero and to contemporary theology and dramatic performances come into play as Riess interprets the monument as a representation of the struggle between a penitential Christianity and the forces of heresy and tyranny." A hint of shelf rubbing to edges and points. There is a small tear and a little light creasig to the fore-edge margin (only) of pp. 37-38 (the tear now closed with near-transparent acid free tissue tape). Else a tight, bright & unmarked near Fine copy in a near Fine dust jacket. (Dust jacket now protected by a removable mylar dust jacket.) Scarce in hardcover. Item #72187
ISBN: 9780691040868
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