Book contents
- Transforming the Church Interior in Renaissance Florence
- Transforming the Church Interior in Renaissance Florence
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Note to the Reader
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Accessing the Italian Church Interior
- Chapter 2 Transforming Churches in Fifteenth-Century Florence
- Chapter 3 Transforming Churches in Sixteenth-Century Florence
- Chapter 4 Community and Access in the Mendicant Church
- Chapter 5 Patronage and Place in Monastic Churches
- Chapter 6 Gender and Ceremony in the Nuns’ Church
- Chapter 7 Behavior and Reform in the Civic Oratory
- Chapter 8 Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici, Religious Reform, and the Florentine Church Interior
- Glossary
- Archival Bibliography
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 7 - Behavior and Reform in the Civic Oratory
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 April 2022
- Transforming the Church Interior in Renaissance Florence
- Transforming the Church Interior in Renaissance Florence
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Note to the Reader
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Accessing the Italian Church Interior
- Chapter 2 Transforming Churches in Fifteenth-Century Florence
- Chapter 3 Transforming Churches in Sixteenth-Century Florence
- Chapter 4 Community and Access in the Mendicant Church
- Chapter 5 Patronage and Place in Monastic Churches
- Chapter 6 Gender and Ceremony in the Nuns’ Church
- Chapter 7 Behavior and Reform in the Civic Oratory
- Chapter 8 Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici, Religious Reform, and the Florentine Church Interior
- Glossary
- Archival Bibliography
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Despite the uniqueness of this small oratory, famous for its miraculous image and exterior statuary, its interior was divided by an ironwork tramezzo, making it similar to other Florentine churches. After its removal, further divisions were erected to address bad behavior in the building.
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- Transforming the Church Interior in Renaissance FlorenceScreens and Choir Spaces, from the Middle Ages to Tridentine Reform, pp. 247 - 273Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022