{"title":"Diana Hiller","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiana Hiller's works delve into the rich intersections of art, culture, and history, offering nuanced perspectives on Renaissance imagery and its societal implications. Her scholarship invites readers to explore the layers of meaning within visual art, particularly through a gendered lens that challenges traditional interpretations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a focus on Florentine art and its narrative contexts, Hiller’s writing is essential for those interested in the complex dialogues between visual culture and historical identity. Her meticulous analysis enriches understanding of how art reflects and shapes cultural perceptions over time.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"gendered-perceptions-of-florentine-last-supper-frescoes-c-1350-1490-by-diana-hiller-9780367433239","title":"Gendered Perceptions of Florentine Last Supper Frescoes, c. 1350-1490","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite the large number of monumental Last Supper frescoes which adorn refectories in Quattrocento Florence, until now no monograph has appeared in English on the Florentine Last Supper frescoes, nor has any study examined the perceptions of the original viewers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis study examines the rarely considered effect of gender on the profoundly contextualized perceptions of the male and female religious who viewed the Florentine Last Supper images in surprisingly different physical and cultural refectory environments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to offering detailed visual analyses, the author draws on a broad spectrum of published and unpublished primary materials, including monastic rules, devotional tracts and reading materials, the constitutions and \u003cem\u003eordinazioni\u003c\/em\u003e for individual houses, inventories from male and female communities and the Convent Suppression documents of the Archivio di Stato in Florence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy examining the original viewers’ attitudes to images, their educational status, acculturated pieties, affective responses, levels of community, degrees of reclusion, and even the types of food eaten in the refectories, Hiller argues that the perceptions of these viewers of the Last Supper frescoes were intrinsically gendered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47605930066156,"sku":"9780367433239","price":102.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780367433239-gendered-perceptions-of-florentine-last-supper-frescoes-c-1350-1490.jpg?v=1778141974"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/diana-hiller.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}