Full Description
In From Giotto to Botticelli, Julia Miller and Laurie Taylor-Mitchell explore the three-hundred-year rise and fall of the Humiliati ("Humbled Ones"), a religious order infamous for its attempt to assassinate Saint Carlo Borromeo and ultimately suppressed, by papal bull, in 1571. This book focuses on the order's artistic patronage and considers the major works by artists such as Giotto, Donatello, Botticelli, and Ghirlandaio that the Humiliati commissioned for the Church of the Ognissanti in Florence. Miller and Taylor-Mitchell reveal how the Humiliati promoted their public image through the visual arts and examine the themes and ideas in these works. The Humiliati have received remarkably little scholarly attention to date, in part because of their suppression and eradication by the Church. This is one of the first comprehensive historical studies of this important religious order and the central role the Humiliati played in the history of Italian art. From Giotto to Botticelli will appeal not only to art historians but also to scholars of history, religion, and cultural studies, as well as to members of the general public.
Contents
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Origins of the Humiliati and Their Early History in Florence
2. The Beginnings of Humiliati Art in Florence: Giotto and His Shop at Ognissanti
3. Giovanni da Milano's Ognissanti Polyptych and Humiliati Art in the Later Trecento
4. The Early Quattrocento at Ognissanti: Donatello and the Cult of Saint Rossore
5. Ghirlandaio and Botticelli in Ognissanti
6. Decline and Disgrace
Epilogue: A Damnatio Memoriae: The Afterlife of the Humiliati
Appendix: Humiliati Churches by City and Dedication
Notes
Bibliography
Index
