Courts and courtly arts in Renaissance Italy : art, culture and politics, 1395-1530 / edited by Marco Folin.
2011
N6915 .C68 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
Courts and courtly arts in Renaissance Italy : art, culture and politics, 1395-1530 / edited by Marco Folin.
ISBN
1851496432 (hbk.)
9781851496433 (hbk.)
9781851496433 (hbk.)
Imprint
Woodbridge, Suffolk : Antique Collectors Club, ©2011.
Language
English
Description
443 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 30 cm
Other Standard Identifiers
99940182310
Call Number
N6915 .C68 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
700.94509024
Summary
Italian Renaissance art is closely intertwined with the development of courts and court culture in much of the Italian territory. The patronage of the ruling families of the small Italian city-states greatly favoured the flourishing of the figurative arts in architecture, but also in music, literature, and theatre. Three initial essays analyse the development and the role of specific arts within the court from a general point of view. For instance, the chapter on literature begins with the role of the humanists at court, literature and propaganda (with reference to the many histories of ruling families written at court), theatrical representations, the new "bucolic" poetry and the eclogue, and the advent of print and the birth of the most famous Renaissance books: the Libro del Cortegiano (The Book of the Courtier) by Baldassar Castiglione and the Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto. The main part of the book, arranged geographically, cover the entire peninsula, giving attention not only to the major courts, such as Milan, Naples, and Mantua and Ferrara, but also devoting shorter chapters to some of the minor courts spread around northern and central Italy, from Rimini ruled by the Malatesta family to Carpi under the Pios. A comprehensive bibliographical reference section guides the reader to further study. This major work is illustrated with nearly 300 exceptional colour photographs, maps and plans. These enhance the appeal of the book for both the academic scholar as well as the more general reader. -- from dust jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-430) and indexes.
Added Author
Folin, Marco, editor.
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Table of Contents
Politics and the arts. The political geography of Renaissance Italy / Francesco Somaini ; Writing at court / Rinaldo Rinaldi ; Italian courts and music / Franco Piperno
The courts. Piedmont and Liguria / Massimiliano Caldera ; Milan : The Visconti and Sforza families (1395-1535) / Luisa Giordano ; Mantua : the Gonzaga family (1397-1519) / Stefano L'Occaso ; Ferrara : the Este family (1393-1535) / Marcello Toffanello ; The minor courts of the Po Valley / Elena Svalduz ; Florence : The Medici, lords in pectore (1434-94) / Alessandro Cecchi ; Tuscany / Gabriele Fattorini
Emilia-Romagna / Marco Campigli ; Urbino : the Montefeltro and Della Rovere families (1444-1538) / Francesco Paolo Fiore ; Umbria and the Marches / Andrea De Marchi ; Rome : the Popes (1420-1527) / Alessandro Angelini ; Lazio : the Colonna, Orsini and Caetani families / Anna Cavallaro ; The Kingdom of Naples : the Durazzo and Aragonese families (1381-1501) / Veronica Mele and Francesco Senatore.
The courts. Piedmont and Liguria / Massimiliano Caldera ; Milan : The Visconti and Sforza families (1395-1535) / Luisa Giordano ; Mantua : the Gonzaga family (1397-1519) / Stefano L'Occaso ; Ferrara : the Este family (1393-1535) / Marcello Toffanello ; The minor courts of the Po Valley / Elena Svalduz ; Florence : The Medici, lords in pectore (1434-94) / Alessandro Cecchi ; Tuscany / Gabriele Fattorini
Emilia-Romagna / Marco Campigli ; Urbino : the Montefeltro and Della Rovere families (1444-1538) / Francesco Paolo Fiore ; Umbria and the Marches / Andrea De Marchi ; Rome : the Popes (1420-1527) / Alessandro Angelini ; Lazio : the Colonna, Orsini and Caetani families / Anna Cavallaro ; The Kingdom of Naples : the Durazzo and Aragonese families (1381-1501) / Veronica Mele and Francesco Senatore.