Cistercian Spirituality, Sacred Drama and Florentine Civic Identification in Botticelli's 'Cestello...
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An analysis of Botticelli's 'Cestello Annunciation' (c. 1489-90), painted for Benedetto Guardi, formerly in the Cistercian church at Cestello in Borgo Pinti, Florence. This article looks at Botticelli's use of narrative and staging conventions drawn from contemporary religious plays, the political and social aspirations of the patron and the presence of recognizable Cistercian concepts in the altarpiece, paying particular attention to the writings of St Bernard of Clairvaux. First published in Artefact, Journal of the Irish Association of Art Historians, Issue 5, 2011.
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