Bibliograph

Art of Renaissance Rome, artists and patrons in the Eternal City, John Marciari

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Art of Renaissance Rome, artists and patrons in the Eternal City, John Marciari

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-217) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Art of Renaissance Rome

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

972386153

Responsibility statement

John Marciari

Sub title

artists and patrons in the Eternal City

Summary

John Marciari tells the story of the monuments, artists and patrons of Renaissance Rome in this compelling book. In no other city is the ancient world so palpably present, and nowhere else is the mission of the church so evident. At the same time as the humanists sought to preserve and recreate the ancient city, giving it a new lease of life, the popes dispensed patronage much as any other contemporary Italian ruler. By adopting a chronological structure, covering the period c.1300-1600, Marciari is able to explore the nature of Roman patronage as it differed from papacy to papacy. He examines the city's extraordinary works of art in the context of the working practices, competition and rivalries that made Renaissance Rome so magnificent

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