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Julia I. Miller and Laurie Taylor-Mitchell. From Giotto to Botticelli: The Artistic Patronage of the Humiliati in Florence.

2017; Oxford University Press; Volume: 122; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/ahr/122.2.569

1937-5239

Sally Mayall Brasher,

Medieval and Early Modern Justice

In this elegant and highly readable volume on the artistic patronage of the Humiliati religious order in Florence from the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries, authors Julia I. Miller and Laurie Taylor-Mitchell have combined an extensive iconographic study with an in-depth historical analysis. From Giotto to Botticelli: The Artistic Patronage of the Humiliati in Florence will satisfy scholars of both history and art history while illuminating the context of the rich and prolific artistic patronage of this little-known religious group and their small church in the heart of Florence. Miller and Taylor-Mitchell suggest that the artistic patronage of the Humiliati of Ognissanti illustrates the desire of the order to create a sustaining identity that reflected the movement’s original values and purpose. The authors trace the evolution of artistic patronage from the first decades of the fourteenth century, when the vibrant, active order was able to commission such renowned artists as Giotto to complete famed works such as the Ognissanti Madonna. Subsequent chapters chart the order’s patronage through works of the High Renaissance by artists including Sandro Botticelli and Domenico Ghirlandaio, to the works commissioned during the decline and ultimate suppression of the order in the mid-sixteenth century.