Art, Patronage, and Nepotism in Early Modern Rome
Art, Patronage, and Nepotism in Early Modern Rome

Author: Karen J. Lloyd

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-08-19

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 1000636984

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Drawing on rich archival research and focusing on works by leading artists including Guido Reni and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Karen J. Lloyd demonstrates that cardinal nephews in seventeenth-century Rome – those nephews who were raised to the cardinalate as princes of the Church – used the arts to cultivate more than splendid social status. Through politically savvy frescos and emotionally evocative displays of paintings, sculptures, and curiosities, cardinal nephews aimed to define nepotism as good Catholic rule. Their commissions took advantage of their unique position close to the pope, embedding the defense of their role into the physical fabric of authority, from the storied vaults of the Vatican Palace to the sensuous garden villas that fused business and pleasure in the Eternal City. This book uncovers how cardinal nephews crafted a seductively potent dialogue on the nature of power, fuelling the development of innovative visual forms that championed themselves as the indispensable heart of papal politics. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, early modern studies, religious history, and political history.

Literary and Artistic Patronage in Ancient Rome
Literary and Artistic Patronage in Ancient Rome

Author: Barbara K. Gold

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 2014-01-30

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 0292705484

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Virgil, Horace, Catullus, Propertius—these are just a few of the poets whose work we would be without today were it not for the wealthy and powerful patrons upon whose support the Roman cultural establishment so greatly depended. Who were these patrons? What benefits did they give, to whom, and why? What effect did the support of such men as Maecenas and Pompey have on the lives and work of those who looked to them for aid? These questions and others are addressed in this volume, which explores all the important aspects of patronage—a topic crucial to the study of literature and art from Homer to the present day. The subject is approached from various vantage points: literary, artistic, historical. The essayists reach conclusions that dispel the many misconceptions about Roman patronage derived from seventeenth- and eighteenth-century models in England and Europe. An understanding of the workings of patronage is indispensable in helping us see how the Roman cultural establishment functioned in the four centuries of its flourishing and also in helping us read and enjoy specific poems and works of art. A book for all concerned with classical literature, art, and social history, Literary and Artistic Patronage in Ancient Rome not only deepens our understanding of the ancient world but also suggests important avenues for future exploration.

Baronial Patronage of Music in Early Modern Rome
Baronial Patronage of Music in Early Modern Rome

Author: Valerio Morucci

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781138235335

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This is the first dedicated study of the musical patronage of Roman baronial families in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Patronage ¿ the support of a person or institution and their work by a patron ¿ in Renaissance society was the basis of a complex network of familial and political relationships between clients and patrons, whose ideas, values, and norms of behavior were shared with the collective. Bringing to light new archival documentation, this book examines the intricate network of patronage interrelationships in Rome. Unlike other Italian cities where political control was monocentric and exercised by single rulers, sources of patronage in Rome comprised a multiplicity of courts and potential patrons, which included the pope, high prelates, nobles and foreign diplomats. Morucci uses archival records, and the correspondence of the Orsini and Colonna families in particular, to investigate the local activity and circulation of musicians and the cultivation of music within the broader civic network of Roman aristocratic families over the period. The author also shows that the familial union of the Medici and Orsini families established a bidirectional network for artistic exchange outside of the Eternal City, and that the Orsini-Colonna circle represented a musical bridge between Naples, Rome, and Florence.

Adopted Papal Kin as Art Patrons in Early Modern Rome (1592-1676)
Adopted Papal Kin as Art Patrons in Early Modern Rome (1592-1676)

Author: Karen Jean Lloyd

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 559

ISBN-13:

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This dissertation examines the art patronage of adopted papal nephews in Baroque Rome (1592-1676), exploring the relationship between adoption and the arts in the context of a political system based on clientage and nepotism. When the nephew was not from the same paternal line as the pope, the onus fell on the pope and his nephew to publicly proclaim, thereby reifying, the solidity of their relationship. Adopted nephews used the visual arts to create public displays of the unity of the ruling papal family, to demonstrate allegiance to a new paternal affiliation, and as part of the client system, in which works of art acted as signs of favor. Chapter 1 offers an outline of adoption and its reception based on primary source documents; subsequent chapters are case studies of individual patrons. Cinzio Passeri Aldobrandini's (1551-1610) career demonstrates the essential link between paternity and authority. This chapter presents unpublished documentation regarding Cinzio as a collector and reconsiders the significance of his ties to poet Torquato Tasso. Scipione Caffarelli Borghese's (1577-1632) commissions reiterate the hierarchical relationship between pope and nephew, preempting potential dissent by reaffirming the source and limitations of his authority and proclaiming the unity of the Borghese papacy. The first detailed reading of Guido Reni's 1608 Vatican Palace frescoes anchors this chapter. Contemporary commentary regarding the first true adopted nephew, Camillo Astalli Pamphili (1619-63), illustrates the extent of the resistance to adoption. His few commissions, from Vel©Łzquez and Claude Lorrain, present him as a worthy nephew in an attempt to normalize his unprecedented situation. The three adopted nephews of Clement X (1670-76) used their projects to proclaim their crucial role in the Altieri papacy and the illustrious heritage of their Albertoni family roots. From new analyzes of Carlo Maratti's Altieri Palace fresco and its development, to the rediscovery of a lost painting by Baciccio, this chapter highlights the issues at the crux of early modern resistance to adoption: loyalty, memory, and legitimacy. As the first study of adoption and its relationship to the visual arts in Seicento Rome, this dissertation reconstitutes a key component of baroque society and culture.

Art and Identity in Early Modern Rome
Art and Identity in Early Modern Rome

Author: Jill Burke

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780754656906

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How did the structures of power and authority peculiar to Rome impact on the way visual culture developed there? What were the problems and contradictions that lay beneath this spectacular flowering of the arts? This collection of essays seeks to throw some light on these issues.

Patronage, Gender and the Arts in Early Modern Italy
Patronage, Gender and the Arts in Early Modern Italy

Author: Carolyn Valone

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-02

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 9781599103068

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"Sixteen essays by an international group of scholars that examine the role of noble women as patrons of architecture and music in early modern Italy and that explore the behavior of woman art patrons and artists involved in the creation of art and architecture"--

Patronage and Dynasty
Patronage and Dynasty

Author: Ian F. Verstegen

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2007-02-22

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 027109110X

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This collection of essays offers a thorough study of the patron-artist relationship through the lens of one of early modern Italy’s most powerful and influential historical families. Contributors present a longitudinal study of the della Rovere family’s ascent into Italian nobility. The della Rovere was a family of popes, cardinals, and powerful dukes who financed some of the world’s best-known and greatest artwork. The essays explore the issue of identity and its maintenance, of carving a permanent spot for a family name in a rapidly changing atmosphere. Although these studies depart from art patronage, they uncover how the popes, cardinals, dukes, and signore of the della Rovere family constituted their identity. Originally a nouveau-riche creation of papal nepotism, the della Rovere first populated the ranks of cardinals under the powerful popes Sixtus IV and Julius II. Within the framework of later papal relations, the family negotiated its position within the economy of Italian nobles.

Patronage, Art, and Society in Renaissance Italy
Patronage, Art, and Society in Renaissance Italy

Author: Francis William Kent

Publisher: Clarendon Press

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13:

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Patronage, in its broadest sense, has been established as one of the dominant social processes of pre-industrial Europe and has more recently been examined by historians as a comprehensive system of patron-client structures which permeated society and social relations. Focusing specifically on the city of Florence, these essays explore the new understanding of Renaissance Italy as a 'patronage society.'

The Freedman in Roman Art and Art History
The Freedman in Roman Art and Art History

Author: Lauren Hackworth Petersen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-07-31

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 0521858895

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In this study, Lauren Petersen critically investigates the notion of 'freedman art' in scholarship.