Naples / edited by Marcia B. Hall, Temple University; Thomas Willette, University of Michigan.

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Book
Language
English
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New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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xxii, 385 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

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    Artistic centers of the Italian Renaissance [More in this series]
    Summary note
    "Naples was by far the largest urban center on the Italian peninsula during the early modern period, and in the years covered by this book, from the early 1300s to the early 1600s, its inhabitants witnessed vast programs of building and decoration spurred by the cultural needs of royal, ecclesiastical, and baronial elites. Yet the city's many beautiful churches and palaces, stone sculptures, fresco cycles, and altarpieces have not received the sustained attention in Anglophone scholarship that has been lavished for generations on other major centers of artistic production, such as Florence, Rome, or Venice. This book surveys the visual arts in Renaissance Naples, offering diachronic overviews of urban design, ecclesiastical architecture, painting, tomb sculpture, and palaces, along with a substantial introduction to the complex social and political history of the city." -- Publisher's description
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-377) and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction: Naples in myth and history / Ronald G. Musto
    • Giorgio Vasari's critique of art and patronage in Naples / Thomas Willette
    • Urban design and public spaces / Anna Giannetti
    • Ecclesiastical architecture and the religious orders / Charlotte Nichols
    • Patrons and paintings from the Angevins to the Spanish Hapsburgs / Serena Romano
    • Tombs and the ornamentation of chapels / Tanja Michalsky
    • The residence of power / Gérard Labrot.
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    Artistic centers of the Italian Renaissance /.
    ISBN
    • 9780521780001 (hardback : alk. paper) ((hardcover))
    • 0521780004 (hardback : alk. paper) ((hardcover))
    LCCN
    2015006489
    OCLC
    908192551
    International Article Number
    • 9780521780001
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