The Power and the Glorification

Informationen zum Autor Jan L. de Jong is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Groningen. Klappentext Studies the propagandistic and political features of five prominent series of frescoes originating in papal Rome in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Discusses the manipulation of historical events for propagandistic purposes! the importance of inscriptions in controlling interpretation! and the reactions of contemporary viewers. Zusammenfassung Studies the propagandistic and political features of five prominent series of frescoes originating in papal Rome in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Discusses the manipulation of historical events for propagandistic purposes! the importance of inscriptions in controlling interpretation! and the reactions of contemporary viewers.

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• Authors: Jan L de Jong, Jan L. de Jong, Jan L. (Institute for the History of Art and Architecture de Jong, Jan L. de Jong
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2013
• EAN: 9780271050799
• ISBN: 978-0-271-05079-9
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Europe, RELIGION / History, ART / History / General, ART / Subjects & Themes / Religious, HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century, History of art / art & design styles, History of Religion, History of Art, Renaissance art, ART / History / European / Renaissance