The court artist in seventeenth-century Italy
By: edited by Elena Fumagalli and Raffaella Morselli
Edition: Prima edizione.
Series: Kent State University European Studies -- 1; Kent State University European studies -- 1.
Publisher: Viella
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Roma
Language: ita
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9788867282760
Subjects: Kings and rulers; Italian Art; Papal courts; History; Art and state; Art patronage
Description: "Up to now the theme of the artist in the service of Italian courts has been examined in various studies focused mostly on the High Renaissance, as though the phenomenon was relevant only to the XV and XVI centuries. It actually lasted much longer, spanning the whole longue durée of the lives of the courts of the ancient regime. The present volume intends to fill this gap, presenting for the first time a comprehensive examination of the subject of the court artist from sixteenth to seventeenth century and the transformations of this role. "Court artist" is here defined as one who received a regular salary, and was therefore attached to the court by a more or less exclusive service relationship. The book is divided in six chapters: each of them examines the position of the court artist in the service of the most important ruling families in Italy (the Savoy in Turin, the Gonzaga in Mantua, the Este in Modena, the Della Rovere in Pesaro and Urbino, the Medici in Florence) and in papal Rome, a particular and unique center of power."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Painters vs. Architects at the Papal Court (1550-1672) / Patrizia Cavazzini; title: In the Service of Francesco Maria II della Rovere in Pesaro and Urbino (1549-1631) / Raffaella Morselli; title: On the Medici Payroll: at Court from Cosimo I to Ferdinando II (1540-1670) / Elena Fumagalli; title: A bolletta and fuori bolletta at the Este Court in Modena (1598-1709) / Barbara Ghelfi; title: The Position of Artists at the Gonzaga Court (1587-1707) / Roberta Piccinelli; title: Artists Working for the House of Savoy in the Seventeenth Century / Anna Maria Bava and Clara Goria.