Siena and the Virgin: Art and Politics in a Late Medieval City State Tapa dura - 1999

Yale University Press, 1999. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Yale University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New Haven/London : Yale University Press, 1999. Hardcover. Good. Original boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrations in colour, 4to.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1999. Hardbound. VG/VG. Light blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, color pictorial dustjacket. viii, (4), 251 pp., 220 mostly color plates. From dustjacket: "Celebrating the Virgin Mary as both an object of religious devotion and a focus of civic pride, 14th century Sienese artists established within their city a vibrant pictorial tradition that continued into the early decades of the next century. Such celebratory images of the Virgin were also common in Siena"s extensive subject territories, the contado. This richly illustrated book explores late medieval Sienese Marian art - how it was commissioned, created and understood by the Sienese. Drawing extensively from unpublished archive material the author reconstructs the circumstances surrounding commission of Marian art in the three most prestigious location of 14th century Siena: The cathedral, the Palazzo Pubblilco and the hospital of Santa Maria della Scala. Casting new light on such topics as the… Leer más

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. xi, 252pp. Near fine hardcover in like dust-jacket. Extensively illustrated in color and black & white. Only extremely faint signs of handling to the dust-jacket. Extra international postage required. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1999.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Presumed first edition, 1999, hardcover with blue cloth boards in dust jacket and original cardboard slipcase, quarto, 251pp., illustrated in color and b&w. Book fine with handsome boards and tight binding, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ near fine with hint of edgewear. Slipcase VG+ with toning, wear to edges.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Illustrated with color and b/w images throughout. 252 pages. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press, (1999). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.<br/> <br/>

Yale University Press, 1999. Hardcover. New.

Yale University Press, 1999-09-10. hardcover. Very Good. 11x10x1. Yale University Press; New Haven, 1999. Hardcover. A Very Good, blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, mild spine lean, some sunning to page margins, small dent top rear board fore-edge, mild waving to pages along edges, in a Very Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, mild edge/corner wear, Dust wrapper. A nice, clean and unmarked copy. 4to[quarto or approx. 11.5 x 13.5 inches], 251pp., epilogue, notes, bibliography, indexed, acknowledgements, color and b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1999. 252 pages; 220 illustrations color and b&w. "Celebrating the Virgin Mary as both an object of religious devotion and a focus of civic pride, fourteenth-century Sienese artists established ... a vibrant pictorial tradition that continued into the early decades of the next century." Richly illustrated examination of late medieval Marian art and its political, economic, and cultural relations. In a paperboard slipcase.. First Edition. Hard Cover - cloth boards. Fine/Fine. 4to.