Title: Festive funerals in early modern Italy : the art and culture of conspicuous commemoration /
Authors: Schraven, Minou,
Year: 2014
Subjects: Funeral rites and ceremonies Italy History; Art and society Italy History; Social status in art.; Art; Art and society; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Social status; Italy
Abstract: "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].
Contents: 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.