Art, Patronage, and Nepotism in Early Modern Rome

Drawing on rich archival research and focusing on works by leading artists including Guido Reni and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Karen J. Lloyd demonstrates that cardinal nephews in seventeenth-century Rome - those nephews who were raised to the cardinalate as princes of the Church - used the arts to cultivate more than splendid social status.

List of contents

Introduction, PART I: The Cardinal Nephew, 1. Obedience. Scipione Borghese and the Cardinal Nephew as Servant, 2. Prudence. Paluzzo Altieri and the Cardinal Nephew as Padrone, PART II: The Ex-Cardinal Nephew, 3: Pietas. Francesco Barberini and the Ex-Cardinal Nephew as Model, 4. Fidelity. Paluzzo Altieri and the Ex-Cardinal Nephew as Intimo, 5. Order. Flavio Chigi and the Ex-Cardinal Nephew as Collector Conclusion

About the author

Karen J. Lloyd is Assistant Professor in the Department of Art at Stony Brook University.

Summary

Drawing on rich archival research and focusing on works by leading artists including Guido Reni and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Karen J. Lloyd demonstrates that cardinal nephews in seventeenth-century Rome – those nephews who were raised to the cardinalate as princes of the Church – used the arts to cultivate more than splendid social status.

Product details

• Authors: Karen J. Lloyd, Lloyd Karen J.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032119670
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3211967-0
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: Visual Culture in Early Modernity
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Europe, The arts: general issues, ART / History / General, ART / European, History of Art, Renaissance art, Renaissance style, Teaching of a specific subject, The arts: general topics, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General