Main entry:

Schraven, Minou.

Title & Author:

Festive funerals in early modern Italy : the art and culture of conspicuous commemoration / by Minou Schraven.

Publication:

Burlington, VT : Ashgate Publishing Company, 2014.

Description:

xvi, 320 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Series:

Visual culture in early modernity

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-312) and index.
Negotiating Decorum. Funeral Ceremonies in Early Sixteenth-Century Rome -- Imperial Apotheosis. The Funeral Apparati of Charles V -- After Charles V. Funeral Apparati in Florence, Rome and Other Italian Cities -- Religious Festival Culture After Trent. From Rome to Borromeo's Milan, and Back Again -- Funeral Apparati of Cardinals in Early Modern Rome -- Papal Reburials and the Funeral Apparato of Sixtus V in S. Maria Maggiore -- Funeral Apparati in Rome at the End of the Sixteenth Century.

Summary:

"This book discusses a specific element of early modern funeral culture, namely funeral apparati: spectacular ephemeral decorations within church interiors on the occasion of festive requiem masses for the aristocracy."--Introduction, p. [1].

ISBN:

9780754665243 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0754665240 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Sixtus V. Papst 1521-1590
Karl V. Heiliges Römisches Reich, Kaiser 1500-1558
Bibel Römerbrief
Funeral rites and ceremonies Italy History 16th century.
Art and society Italy History 16th century.
Social status in art.
Funérailles Rites et cérémonies Italie Histoire 16e siècle.
Art et société Italie Histoire 16e siècle.
Statut social dans l'art.
Art and society.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Bestattung
Festdekoration
Temporäre Architektur
1500-talet.
Begravningsseder historia.
Konst och samhälle historia.
Social status i konsten.
Italy.
Italien

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Visual culture in early modernity.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 294859
Call No.: BIB 240759
Status: Available