Patronage in Renaissance Italy: From 1400 to the Early Sixteenth Century
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (954 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00QMAGZTW |
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| Number of Pages | : | 487 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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This is a re-issue of a defining book on the This is a re-issue of a defining book on the story of Renaissance Italian art, first published in 199This is a re-issue of a defining book on the Mr G M R Evans This is a re-issue of a defining book on the story of Renaissance Italian art, first published in 1994. It tells the story not just of the art of the five Italian states, and the Vatican, and what inspired it, but also of the men behind it - those who sponsored and funded it and made it possible. Their religious beliefs, temporal aspirations (their desires for status and wealth) were the engines behind this remarkable period in art history. Hollingsworth writes with confidenc. . It tells the story not just of the art of the five Italian states, and the Vatican, and what inspired it, but also of the men behind it - those who sponsored and funded it and made it possible. Their religious beliefs, temporal aspirations (their desires for status and wealth) were the engines behind this remarkable period in art history. Hollingsworth writes with confidenc. Amazon Customer said the political struggles and how their money and patronage paid for many of wonderful buildings and beautiful works of art we enj. An interesting book covering two centuries of Italian renaissance, architecture and art in Florence, Venice, Milan, Rome and other Italian cities. It tells of the powerful wealthy families, Guilds and Patricians of the time, the political struggles and how their money and patronage paid for many of wonderful buildings and beautiful works of art we enjoy today.K MAYFIELD - June "the political struggles and how their money and patronage paid for many of wonderful buildings and beautiful works of art we enj" according to Amazon Customer. An interesting book covering two centuries of Italian renaissance, architecture and art in Florence, Venice, Milan, Rome and other Italian cities. It tells of the powerful wealthy families, Guilds and Patricians of the time, the political struggles and how their money and patronage paid for many of wonderful buildings and beautiful works of art we enjoy today.K MAYFIELD - June 2016. 016
This process was far from uniform: the classical tradition provided flattering models not only for absolute rulers of Italy’s many principalities, but also for the republican governments of Florence and Venice, and even for the pope in Rome. ‘A superb, information-packed book’The Art Book‘A vivid, lively account of a complex society in which art was made to express the wealth, status, worldly concerns and religious aspirations of its patrons.’Art Quarterly‘She writes authoritatively, drawing on a vast store of knowledge.’Frances Spalding, The Sunday Times‘A refreshing contrast to the abstraction and intellectual constipation that characterise much of the cultural history written in Italy.’ApolloA comprehensive study of the patrons of fifteenth-century Italian art, this book investigates the role they played in the evolution of the Renaissance and the revival of the styles and themes of the art of ancient Rome. This book examines how and why they financed their projects, what factors lay behind their choice of themes and styles, and the extent to which they themselves were involved in the final appearance of these palaces, churche
She writes authoritatively, drawing on a vast store of knowledge." -- Sunday Times"An absorbing study of fifteenth-century patrons and artists A vivid, lively account of a complex society in which art was made to express the wealth, status, worldly concerns, and religious aspirations of its patrons." -- Art Quarterly. "Hollingsworth pursues her subject from Florence to Venice, into five of Italy's independent princely states (Milan, Ferrara, Mantua, Urbino, and Naples) before ending with the papal court at Rome
Mary Hollingsworth has a B.Sc. Her subsequent work on the papers of Cardinal Ippolito d’Este considerably broadened her horizons, and expertise, well beyond the confines of art history into the everyday world of Renaissance Europe. . in art history. Her doctoral thesis dealt with the role of the architect in Italian Renaissance building project