Courts, patrons, and poets / edited by David Mateer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mateer, David.

Series:

Renaissance in Europe

The Renaissance in Europe

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Renaissance.

Courts and courtiers.

History.

Europe--Court and courtiers--History.

Europe.

Physical Description:

xi, 383 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, in association with the Open University, 2000.

Summary:

The princely courts of fifteenth-century Italy played a central role in the development of Renaissance art and culture. After a general introduction to the notion of court patronage, this book examines the phenomenon in detail through case studies of artists and musicians working in Milan under the Sforza (Leonardo, Filarete, and Josquin Desprez) and in Florence under the Medici.

Later chapters show how humanist ideas were imported from the Continent to Britain, where they were absorbed and ultimately metamorphosed into the glories of Tudor and Stuart poetry and drama. The result is a stimulating study of the position of artists in society and of their changing relation to, and interaction with, their patrons.

Notes:

"This publication forms part of an Open University course: AA305, The Renaissance in Europe: a cultural enquiry"--Verso t.p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

43879927