Main entry:

Hollingsworth, Mary.

Title & Author:

Patronage in sixteenth-century Italy / Mary Hollingsworth.

Publication:

London : J. Murray, 1996.

Description:

x, 452 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-427) and index.
Introduction -- Rome. Rome : Christianity in crisis ; In princely style : the Papal court in early sixteenth-century Rome ; Magnificence and reform I : the popes, 1534-1559 ; Magnificence and reform II : the Papal court, 1534-1559 ; Roma resurgens ; Reformation and Counter-reformation ; Piety and power : the Papal court in late sixteenth-century Rome -- Venice. Venice : the new Rome ; The image of the state ; Piety and prestige : the Scuole ; Tradition and innovation -- The courts. The battle for control : power and dynasty in the Italian courts ; Florence : the return of the Medici ; Florence : a Ducal court ; The Farnese ; The Gonzaga ; Kings, emperors and Italian art.

Summary:

Investigates the impact of political and religious change on the motivations of sixteenth-century patrons, how they acquired their wealth, their relationships with artists and advisers, and the extent to which they controlled the final appearance of their projects.

ISBN:

9780719553158
0719553156
9780719553882 (pbk.)
0719553881 (pbk.)

Subject:

Art patronage Italy.
Art, Renaissance Italy.
Art, Italian.
Mécénat Italie.
Art de la Renaissance Italie.
Art italien.
Art patronage.
Art, Renaissance.
Kunstförderung
Mäzenatentum
Kunstenaars.
Patronage.
Italien Mäzenatentum Geschichte 1500-1600.
Italy.
Italien
Art

Holdings:

Location: Library main 109979
Call No.: ID N5273.H6; ID:96-B1629
Status: Available