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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Karen J. Lloyd, Lloyd Karen J.
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 19.08.2022
• EAN: 9781032117072
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3211707-2
• Pagine: 268
• Serie: Visual Culture in Early Modernity
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Storia dell'arte; ART / History / General, Rome, ART / European, Italy, History of Art, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, C 1600 To C 1700, History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800, ART / History / European / Renaissance