| LC control no. | sh 95005968 |
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| Topical heading | Sacra conversazione (Art) |
| Variant(s) | Holy conversation (Art) Sacred conversation (Art) |
| See also | Christian art and symbolism Christian saints in art Jesus Christ--Art Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Art |
| Found in | Work cat.: Correggio and sacra conversazione, 1994: p. 15, etc. (some kinds of the images of the Madonna and child attended by saints and sometimes accompanied by angels, donors, etc.; a counterpart of the dogma of communion of saints) Britannica Micro.: v. 7 (the Italian "sacra conversazione", depicting a formal grouping of saints around the Madonna and child) Dict. of subjects and symbols in art, 1979: p. 331 ('Sacra conversazione' or 'holy conversation', in which the saints were grouped in one picture, in attendance on the Virgin; a sacra conversazione is sometimes depicted with the Crucifixion) Janson, H.W. Hist. of art, 4th ed.: p. 464 (a new type of altar panel, the so-called Sacra conversazione ("sacred conversation"); the scheme includes an enthroned Madonna, flanked by saints) McGraw-Hill art: v. 5 (Sacra conversazione. Italian for "holy conversation," a type of the Madonna and child popular in 15th- and 16th-century Italian painting) Oxford dict. art (Sacra conversazione (Italian: 'holy conversation'); a representation of the Virgin and child with saints in which all the sacred personages are disposed in a single scene) |
| Not found in | OED |
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