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Niccolò Ridolfi (1501–50), was a Florentine cardinal, nephew and cousin to the Medici popes Leo X and Clement VII, and he owed his status and wealth to their patronage. He remained actively engaged in Florentine politics, above all during the years of crisis that saw the Florentine state change from republic to duchy. A widely respected patron and scholar throughout his life, his sudden death during the conclave of 1549–50 led to allegations of poison that an autopsy appears to confirm.
This book examines Cardinal Ridolfi and his court in order to understand the extent to which cardinalate courts played a key part in Rome’s resurgence and acted as hubs of knowledge located on the fault lines of politics and reform in church and state, hospitable spaces that can be analysed in the context of entanglements in Florentine and Roman cultural and political patronage, and intersections between the princely court and a more professional and complex knowledge and practice of household management in the consumer and service economy of early modern Rome. Based on an array of archival sources and on three treatises whose authors were closely linked to Ridolfi’s court, this monograph explores these multidisciplinary intersections to allow the more traditional fields of church and political history to be approached from different angles.
A Companion to the Early Modern Cardinal is the first comprehensive overview of its subject in En... more A Companion to the Early Modern Cardinal is the first comprehensive overview of its subject in English or any language. Cardinals are best known as the pope’s electors, but in the centuries from 1400 to 1800 they were so much more: pastors, inquisitors, diplomats, bureaucrats, statesmen, saints; entrepreneurs and investors; patrons of the arts, of music, literature, and science. Thirty-five essays explain their social background, positions and roles in Rome and beyond, and what they meant for wider society. This volume shows the impact which those men who took up the purple had in their respective fields and how their tenure of office shaped the entangled histories of Rome and the Catholic Church from a European and global perspective.
Brin explores the fashion trends in the period between the two world wars. She begins by describi... more Brin explores the fashion trends in the period between the two world wars. She begins by describing different styles associated with famous women during or just after the First World War. After 1921, fashion was marked by the simplicity of the robes-chemises, a sense of freedom and motifs inspired by cubism. In the post-depression period, Brin identifies a new respect for haute couture, the rise of international creative designers, and an increasing use of fur, snakeskin and crocodile skin in clothing, which signaled wealth and success. This contrasted with other styles that ranged from "unkempt", via "regal", to "literary" looks. Male fashion underwent similar transformations.
The fashionable attire of aristocratic and high society in Rome is the subject of these diary-lik... more The fashionable attire of aristocratic and high society in Rome is the subject of these diary-like texts penned by the poet, playwright, journalist and soldier Gabriele D’Annunzio in the 1880s. Born himself into the aristocracy, with the title Prince of Montenevoso, D’Annunzio casts a close eye, both admiring and critical, over the ball gowns, furs and flounces worn by Roman high-society ladies at various social gatherings: balls, theater openings, operas, and horse races. His tone is both admiring and critical; that of an insider explaining in expert detail the secrets of haute couture.
... of the University of Rome during the academic year 1962/63, continued partly in 1963/64, on a... more ... of the University of Rome during the academic year 1962/63, continued partly in 1963/64, on a group of Roman sculptures from Abruzzo. ... had expressed his impatience in a note added to the Proceedings of the 8 th International Congress on Archaeology, Paris, 1963 ...
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Niccolò Ridolfi (1501–50), was a Florentine cardinal, nephew and cousin to the Medici popes Leo X and Clement VII, and he owed his status and wealth to their patronage. He remained actively engaged in Florentine politics, above all during the years of crisis that saw the Florentine state change from republic to duchy. A widely respected patron and scholar throughout his life, his sudden death during the conclave of 1549–50 led to allegations of poison that an autopsy appears to confirm.
This book examines Cardinal Ridolfi and his court in order to understand the extent to which cardinalate courts played a key part in Rome’s resurgence and acted as hubs of knowledge located on the fault lines of politics and reform in church and state, hospitable spaces that can be analysed in the context of entanglements in Florentine and Roman cultural and political patronage, and intersections between the princely court and a more professional and complex knowledge and practice of household management in the consumer and service economy of early modern Rome. Based on an array of archival sources and on three treatises whose authors were closely linked to Ridolfi’s court, this monograph explores these multidisciplinary intersections to allow the more traditional fields of church and political history to be approached from different angles.
A Companion to the Early Modern Cardinal is the first comprehensive overview of its subject in En... more A Companion to the Early Modern Cardinal is the first comprehensive overview of its subject in English or any language. Cardinals are best known as the pope’s electors, but in the centuries from 1400 to 1800 they were so much more: pastors, inquisitors, diplomats, bureaucrats, statesmen, saints; entrepreneurs and investors; patrons of the arts, of music, literature, and science. Thirty-five essays explain their social background, positions and roles in Rome and beyond, and what they meant for wider society. This volume shows the impact which those men who took up the purple had in their respective fields and how their tenure of office shaped the entangled histories of Rome and the Catholic Church from a European and global perspective.
Brin explores the fashion trends in the period between the two world wars. She begins by describi... more Brin explores the fashion trends in the period between the two world wars. She begins by describing different styles associated with famous women during or just after the First World War. After 1921, fashion was marked by the simplicity of the robes-chemises, a sense of freedom and motifs inspired by cubism. In the post-depression period, Brin identifies a new respect for haute couture, the rise of international creative designers, and an increasing use of fur, snakeskin and crocodile skin in clothing, which signaled wealth and success. This contrasted with other styles that ranged from "unkempt", via "regal", to "literary" looks. Male fashion underwent similar transformations.
The fashionable attire of aristocratic and high society in Rome is the subject of these diary-lik... more The fashionable attire of aristocratic and high society in Rome is the subject of these diary-like texts penned by the poet, playwright, journalist and soldier Gabriele D’Annunzio in the 1880s. Born himself into the aristocracy, with the title Prince of Montenevoso, D’Annunzio casts a close eye, both admiring and critical, over the ball gowns, furs and flounces worn by Roman high-society ladies at various social gatherings: balls, theater openings, operas, and horse races. His tone is both admiring and critical; that of an insider explaining in expert detail the secrets of haute couture.
... of the University of Rome during the academic year 1962/63, continued partly in 1963/64, on a... more ... of the University of Rome during the academic year 1962/63, continued partly in 1963/64, on a group of Roman sculptures from Abruzzo. ... had expressed his impatience in a note added to the Proceedings of the 8 th International Congress on Archaeology, Paris, 1963 ...
In this article, first published in 1985, Christof Thoenes argues that the notion of a progressiv... more In this article, first published in 1985, Christof Thoenes argues that the notion of a progressive evolution of the architectural Orders from the Tuscan to the Roman Composite was an invention of Italian Renaissance scholarship, with no historical basis in antiquity. Indeed, even the word Order (ordine) was an invention of the early modern period. It was not used in the modern sense by Vitruvius in De architectura, but emerged with the system of tectonics first created by Brunelleschi. From Brunelleschi, the linguistic and semantic evolution of the term Order is traced by Thoenes through the writings and treatises of Alberti, Filarete, Francesco di Giorgio, Pacioli, Cesariano, Serlio, Raphael, and Vignola.
Chapter One - Niagara Chapter Two - Mantua, 11 June 1546 Chapter Three - Between legends and docu... more Chapter One - Niagara Chapter Two - Mantua, 11 June 1546 Chapter Three - Between legends and documents Chapter Four - A movable panel Chapter Five - Isabel Archer Chapter Six - The meeting Chapter Seven - The wax seals Chapter Eight - Flying back from New York Chapter Nine - Fabio Tempestivi Chapter Ten - The melancholic exile Chapter Eleven - The last survivor Chapter Twelve - Ragusa 1573 Chapter Thirteen - The Madonna's teeth Chapter Fourteen - The hidden drawing Chapter Fifteen - The Stone City Chapter Sixteen - Tempestivi's funeral Chapter Seventeen - The island of Sipan Chapter Eighteen - Oxford Chapter Nineteen - Back to Buffalo Chapter Twenty - Restoration Chapter Twenty-One - Pentimenti Epilogue
Abstract This text addresses the reception in Italy of American Post-minimalist experiments such ... more Abstract This text addresses the reception in Italy of American Post-minimalist experiments such as Earth art, Antiform, and Process Art. Trini describes the Earthworks by Walter De Maria, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Smithson, Dennis Oppenheim, Robert Morris, Michael Heizer, and the exhibition Earthworks, held at Virginia Dwan Gallery, New York, 1968.
Una suprema magnificenza :Niccolo' Ridolfi a Florentine Cardinal in sixteenth-century Ro... more Una suprema magnificenza :Niccolo' Ridolfi a Florentine Cardinal in sixteenth-century Rome. DSpace/Manakin Repository. Search Cadmus. Search Cadmus This Collection. Advanced Search. Browse. ...
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Niccolò Ridolfi (1501–50), was a Florentine cardinal, nephew and cousin to the Medici popes Leo X and Clement VII, and he owed his status and wealth to their patronage. He remained actively engaged in Florentine politics, above all during the years of crisis that saw the Florentine state change from republic to duchy. A widely respected patron and scholar throughout his life, his sudden death during the conclave of 1549–50 led to allegations of poison that an autopsy appears to confirm.
This book examines Cardinal Ridolfi and his court in order to understand the extent to which cardinalate courts played a key part in Rome’s resurgence and acted as hubs of knowledge located on the fault lines of politics and reform in church and state, hospitable spaces that can be analysed in the context of entanglements in Florentine and Roman cultural and political patronage, and intersections between the princely court and a more professional and complex knowledge and practice of household management in the consumer and service economy of early modern Rome. Based on an array of archival sources and on three treatises whose authors were closely linked to Ridolfi’s court, this monograph explores these multidisciplinary intersections to allow the more traditional fields of church and political history to be approached from different angles.
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Niccolò Ridolfi (1501–50), was a Florentine cardinal, nephew and cousin to the Medici popes Leo X and Clement VII, and he owed his status and wealth to their patronage. He remained actively engaged in Florentine politics, above all during the years of crisis that saw the Florentine state change from republic to duchy. A widely respected patron and scholar throughout his life, his sudden death during the conclave of 1549–50 led to allegations of poison that an autopsy appears to confirm.
This book examines Cardinal Ridolfi and his court in order to understand the extent to which cardinalate courts played a key part in Rome’s resurgence and acted as hubs of knowledge located on the fault lines of politics and reform in church and state, hospitable spaces that can be analysed in the context of entanglements in Florentine and Roman cultural and political patronage, and intersections between the princely court and a more professional and complex knowledge and practice of household management in the consumer and service economy of early modern Rome. Based on an array of archival sources and on three treatises whose authors were closely linked to Ridolfi’s court, this monograph explores these multidisciplinary intersections to allow the more traditional fields of church and political history to be approached from different angles.