Main entry:

Tuohy, Thomas.

Title & Author:

Herculean Ferrara : Ercole d'Este, 1471-1505, and the invention of a ducal capital / Thomas Tuohy.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Description:

xxxi, 534 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Series:

Cambridge studies in Italian history and culture

Notes:
"Published with the assistance of the Istituto di studi rinascimentali, Ferrara."
Based, in part, on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of London, 1982) presented under the title: Studies in domestic expenditure at the Court of Ferrara, 1451-1505, artistic patronage and princely magnificence.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 508-526) and indexes.
The currency of Ferrara -- 1. The d'Este of Ferrara -- 2. The Estense inheritance -- 3. The ducal palace. Via Coperta and Beccaria. Wedding preparations. The Transmutation of 1479. The Cortile Novo. The Camere Dorate. The secret garden. Bathrooms. The Great Loggia. Chapels. Castel Vecchio. The garden of the Castel Vecchio. The Sala dalle Comedie -- 4. The ducal capital: palaces urban and suburban -- 5. Court errant: country palaces and the itinerant court. Travel by water. Travel by land -- 6. Princely piety -- 7. The decoration and furnishing of palaces. The palace interiors. The palace furnishings -- 8. The ephemera of magnificence. Sports. Feats of arms. Theatre. Triumphal entries. Banquets -- 9. As the duke commands -- App. 1 The documents -- App. 2 Inventory of the registers of the Camera Ducale.

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ISBN:

0521464714
9780521464710

Subject:

Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio, 1431-1505.
Este family.
Ercole I. Ferrara, Herzog 1431-1505
Este, Ercole d', 1431-1505.
Hercule I (duc de Ferrare, Modène et Reggio ; 1431-1505)
Hercule I (duc de Mantoue, Ferrare et Reggio ; 1431-1505)
Este (famille d')
Ercole (Ferrara, Herzog, I.)
Art patronage Italy Ferrara.
Mécénat Italie Ferrare.
15.70 history of Europe.
21.73 urban development (architecture)
Art patronage.
Architektur
Stadtplanung
Stadsplanning.
Hofcultuur.
Arquitetura da renascença Itália.
Urbanização (história)
Mecenato.
Palácios.
Architecture Italy Ferrara.
Ferrara (Italy) History.
Ferrara (Italy) Genealogy.
Italy Ferrara.
Ferrara
Ferrara (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.
Ferrare (Italie ; duché) Renaissance.
Ferrare (Italie ; duché) 16e siècle.
Architecture
Italy

Form/genre:

Family histories.
Genealogy.
History.
Histoires familiales.

Added entries:

Cambridge studies in Italian history and culture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 110950
Call No.: ID NA7755.T9; ID:96-B1832
Status: Available