Art of Renaissance Rome: Artists and Patrons in the Eternal City

Marciari, John

ISBN 10: 1786270552 / ISBN 13: 9781786270559

Published by Laurence King Publishing, 2017

About this Item

223 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour map ; 25 cm. Contents:
Introduction: seeing Renaissance Rome
Noble sparks - the birth of a Renaissance ideal
The popes return and the city is reborn
Caput Mundi - Roma Sistina
A golden age - the Rome of Julius II and Leo X
New directions, the sack of Rome, and a reawakening
Villa culture
Counter-reformation Rome.

Seller Inventory # 17cb619

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Art of Renaissance Rome: Artists and Patrons in the Eternal City
• Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1786270552
• ISBN 13: 9781786270559
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Dimensions: 17.46W x 25.08H x 2.22D centimeters 17.46 centimeters width by 25.08 centimeters height by 2.22 centimeters depth
• Weight: 816 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art
  • European History

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Synopsis

John Marciari tells the story of the monuments, artists, and patrons of Renaissance Rome in this compelling book. In no other city is the ancient world so palpably present, and nowhere else is the mission of the church so evident. At the same time as the humanists sought to preserve and recreate the ancient city, giving it a new lease on life, the popes dispensed patronage much as any other contemporary Italian ruler.

Rome was also the most international of the Renaissance cities with artists and architects generally training elsewhere before arriving in the city and introducing new trends.

By adopting a chronological structure, covering the period c.1300–1600, Marciari is able to explore the nature of Roman patronage as it differed from papacy to papacy. He examines the city's extraordinary works of art in the context of the working practices, competition, and rivalries that made Renaissance Rome so magnificent.

About the Author

John Marciari is the head of the department of drawings and prints at The Morgan Library and Museum, New York. He is a specialist in Italian and Spanish art of the Renaissance and Baroque eras.