Festive Funerals in Early Modern Italy - The Art and Culture of Conspicuous Commemoration

Zusatztext '... Schraven's significant study brings to life early modern funeral apparati! provides the first comprehensive overview of that development! and deserves substantial praise. CAA Reviews Informationen zum Autor Minou Schraven teaches art history and museum studies at Amsterdam University College. Klappentext Interdisciplinary in scope! this book constitutes the first overview of the development of early modern papal funeral apparati! the temporary decorations used during the funeral masses in St Peter's. Drawing from a range of unpublished sources. Zusammenfassung Interdisciplinary in scope, this book constitutes the first overview of the development of early modern papal funeral apparati, the temporary decorations used during the funeral masses in St Peter's. Drawing from a range of unpublished sources. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Preface; Introduction; 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; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Minou Schraven, Schraven Minou
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.04.2014
• EAN: 9780754665243
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-6524-3
• No. of pages: 330
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 253 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Visual Culture in Early Modernity; Visual Culture in Early Modernity
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; The arts: general issues, The arts: general topics, ART / History / European / Renaissance