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Monte Cassino
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Monte Cassino [ˈmɒntɪ kəˈsiːnəʊ (Italian) ˈmonte kasˈsiːno]
n
(Placename) a hill above Cassino in central Italy: site of Benedictine monastery (530 ad); in 1944 mistaken for German observation post and destroyed by the Allies
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It surprises even more in relation to an artist whose pictures in the Ducal Palace elaborated the so-called "Myth of Venice," who painted the enigmatic frescoes in the Villa Maser, faced an Inquisition trial, and frequently worked for the reform movement of the Cassinese Congregation.
Paolo Veronese: Kunst als soziales System by Paul, Benjamin / Renaissance Quarterly
This contribution to Renaissance art history concerns the painted decoration of the small library of the rather obscure Abbey at Praglia, an off-shoot of the better known Benedictine Cassinese house at S.
The Rule, the Bible, and the Council: The Library of the Benedictine ... by TRESIDDER, WARREN / Renaissance Quarterly
But some contemporary, regional paintings also omit the cardinal's hat (see Daniel Russo, Saint Jerome en Italie: Etude d'iconographie et de spiritualite XIIIe-XVe siecle, 1987), and the study of biblical and patristic texts in their original language had been advocated before Erasmus by Italian ecclesiastic and monastic reformers, such as the Cassinese.
Lorenzo Leonbruno: Un pittore a corte nella Mantova di primo ... by Holman, Beth L. / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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