Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Master's Theses Graduate School 2014 The funerary monuments of the Carafa family: self- commemoration and ecclesiastic influence in early- Renaissance Naples Carmen Marie Hamel Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
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[email protected]. THE FUNERARY MONUMENTS OF THE CARAFA FAMILY: SELF-COMMEMORATION AND ECCLESIASTIC INFLUENCE IN EARLY-RENAISSANCE NAPLES A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in The School of Art by Carmen Marie Hamel B.A., Humboldt State University, 2011 August 2014 To the many educators in my life, who encouraged me to find my purpose in teaching, and who have helped me discover my love of art, and its importance in the world. Without this encouragement, I would have followed a different path, and this thesis would not have been written. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to extend gratitude to my thesis director, Dr.