A Renaissance architecture of power : princely palaces in the Italian Quattrocento

A Renaissance architecture of power : princely palaces in the Italian Quattrocento /

"The growth of princely states in early Renaissance Italy brought a thorough renewal to the old seats of power. One of the most conspicuous outcomes of this process was the building or rebuilding of new court palaces, erected as prestigious residences in accord with the new 'classical'...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Beltramo, Silvia (Editor), Cantatore, Flavia (Editor), Folin, Marco (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2015
Series:Medieval Mediterranean ; v. 104.
Subjects:
Architecture, Renaissance > Italy > History.
Architecture and state > Italy > History > To 1500.
Architecture and state > Italy > History > 16th century.
Power (Social sciences) > Italy > History.
Princes > Dwellings > Italy > History.
Palaces > Italy > History.
Dwellings > Italy > Kings and rulers > History.
Renaissance > Italy.
Italy > Politics and government > 1268-1559.
Italy > History, Local.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Comparative issues
  • Princes, towns, palaces : a Renaissance "architecture of power" / Marco Folin
  • Medieval vestiges in the princely architecture of the 15th century / Silvia Beltramo
  • The princely palace in 15th-century Italian architectural theory / Flavia Cantatore
  • Palaces and Palatine chapels in 15th-century Italian dukedoms : ideas and experiences / Andrea Longhi
  • Part 2. Case studies
  • "Combining the old and the new" : the princely residences of the marquises of Saluzzo in the 15th century / Silvia Beltramo
  • The Sforza Castle of Milan (1450-1499) / Aurora Scotti
  • Patrician residences and the palaces of the Marquis of Mantua (1459-1524) / Giulio Girondi
  • The renewal of Ferrara's Court Palace under Ercole I d'Este (1471-1505) / Marco Folin
  • Architecture of power : Imola during the Signoria of Girolamo Riario (1473-1488) / Stifano Zaggia
  • "Small mice, large palaces" : from Urbino to Carpi / Elena Svalduz
  • The Medici Palace, Cosimo the Elder, and Michelozzo : a historiographical survey / Emanuela Ferretti
  • The Palace of Nicholas V : continuity and innovation in the Vatican palaces / Flavia Cantatore
  • Alfonso 1 of Naples and the art of building : Castel Nuovo in a European context / Bianca de Divitiis
  • The residences of the kings of Sicily, from Martin of Aragon to Ferdinand the Catholic / Marco Rosario Nobile.

Similar Items