Italian Courts and European Culture /
Fantoni, Marcello
Italian Courts and European Culture / Marcello Fantoni. - 1 online resource (306 p.) - Renaissance History, Art and Culture ; 8 .
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- I. Republics and Princes -- 1. The Historiographical Journey -- 2. Historical Development -- 3. A World of Courts -- II. Italian Courts and European Culture -- 4. Europe of the Courts -- 5. People -- 6. Things -- III. The Models -- 7. The Spaces -- 8. Images -- 9. The Performing Arts -- 10. The Forma del Vivere -- IV. Common Denominators -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
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Between the fifteenth and the eighteenth century, princely courts dominated the Italian political scene. These courts were effervescent centers of cultural production. As such, they became a model for European monarchies who imported Italian courtly forma del vivere (‘style of life’) to legitimize their power and to define social status. This phenomenon included architecture and painting, theater and music, manners and aesthetics, and all the objects, behaviors and beliefs that contributed to homogenize European culture in the age of the Old Regime. It involved a hemorrhage of art and a continuous circulation of people, texts and symbols. The foundational material for this process was classicism and its purpose was political. This delineates a new geography and chronology of a truly European cultural history. It also provides the key traits for the European cultural identity.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9789048550944
10.1515/9789048550944 doi
Cultural Studies.
Early Modern Studies.
History, Art History, and Archaeology.
Sociology and Social History.
HISTORY / Renaissance.
Renaissance, Court studies, Culture, Politics, Italy.
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Italian Courts and European Culture / Marcello Fantoni. - 1 online resource (306 p.) - Renaissance History, Art and Culture ; 8 .
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- I. Republics and Princes -- 1. The Historiographical Journey -- 2. Historical Development -- 3. A World of Courts -- II. Italian Courts and European Culture -- 4. Europe of the Courts -- 5. People -- 6. Things -- III. The Models -- 7. The Spaces -- 8. Images -- 9. The Performing Arts -- 10. The Forma del Vivere -- IV. Common Denominators -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Between the fifteenth and the eighteenth century, princely courts dominated the Italian political scene. These courts were effervescent centers of cultural production. As such, they became a model for European monarchies who imported Italian courtly forma del vivere (‘style of life’) to legitimize their power and to define social status. This phenomenon included architecture and painting, theater and music, manners and aesthetics, and all the objects, behaviors and beliefs that contributed to homogenize European culture in the age of the Old Regime. It involved a hemorrhage of art and a continuous circulation of people, texts and symbols. The foundational material for this process was classicism and its purpose was political. This delineates a new geography and chronology of a truly European cultural history. It also provides the key traits for the European cultural identity.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9789048550944
10.1515/9789048550944 doi
Cultural Studies.
Early Modern Studies.
History, Art History, and Archaeology.
Sociology and Social History.
HISTORY / Renaissance.
Renaissance, Court studies, Culture, Politics, Italy.
945