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Book SynopsisIn Renaissance Florence, certain paintings and sculptures of the Virgin Mary and Christ were believed to have extraordinary efficacy in activating potent sacred intercession. The author questions what distinguished these paintings and sculptures from other similar sacred images.
Trade Review“The Miraculous Image in Renaissance Florence. . .is the fruit of long, sustained and carefully considered research.”—Richard Cork, Apollo
-- Richard Cork * Apollo *
“Megan Holmes’s The Miraculous Image in Renaissance Florence explores this fascinating and hitherto neglected subject with admirable clarity and insight.” —David Ekserdjian, The Spectator
-- David Ekserdjian * The Spectator *
Winner of the 2015 Charles Rufus Morey Book Award given by the College Art Association. -- Charles Rufus Morey Book Award * College Art Association *
