Art and Identity in Early Modern Rome

ISBN 10: 075465690X / ISBN 13: 9780754656906

Published by Routledge, 2008

About this Item

Considers identity creation and artistic development in Rome during the late fifteenth to the late seventeenth century. This book demonstrates how the exceptional quality of Roman court and urban culture - with its elected 'monarchy', its large foreign population, and sense of civic identity - interacted with developments in the visual arts. Editor(s): Burke, Dr. Jill; Bury, Michael. Num Pages: 308 pages, Includes 35 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 814. . 2008. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Art and Identity in Early Modern Rome
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 075465690X
• ISBN 13: 9780754656906
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

From the late fifteenth to the late seventeenth century, Rome was one of the most vibrant and productive centres for the visual arts in the West. Artists from all over Europe came to the city to see its classical remains and its celebrated contemporary art works, as well as for the opportunity to work for its many wealthy patrons. They contributed to the eclecticism of the Roman artistic scene, and to the diffusion of 'Roman' artistic styles in Europe and beyond. Art and Identity in Early Modern Rome is the first book-length study to consider identity creation and artistic development in Rome during this period. Drawing together an international cast of key scholars in the field of Renaissance studies, the book adroitly demonstrates how the exceptional quality of Roman court and urban culture - with its elected 'monarchy', its large foreign population, and unique sense of civic identity - interacted with developments in the visual arts. With its distinctive chronological span and uniquely interdisciplinary approach, Art and Identity in Early Modern Rome puts forward an alternative history of the visual arts in early modern Rome, one that questions traditional periodisation and stylistic categorisation.

About the Author

Jill Burke is AHRB postdoctoral research Fellow in Art History at the University of Edinburgh.

Michael Bury is a Reader, and the Head of History of Art, at the University of Edinburgh.