Patronage and dynasty : the rise of the della Rovere in Renaissance Italy / edited by Ian F. Verstegen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Verstegen, Ian.

Series:

Sixteenth century essays & studies ; v. 77.

Sixteenth century essays & studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Della Rovere family.

Nobility--Italy--History--15th century.

Nobility.

Nobility--Italy--History--16th century.

Della Rovere family--Art patronage.

Art, Renaissance--Italy.

Art, Renaissance.

Art patronage.

History.

Italy.

Papacy--History--1447-1565.

Papacy.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 210 pages : illustrations, portraits, plans, genealogical table ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Kirksville, Mo. : Truman State University Press, 2007.

Summary:

This collection of essays offers a thorough study of the patron-artist relationship through the lens of one of early modern Italy's most powerful and influential historical families. Contributors present a longitudinal study of the della Rovere family's ascent into Italian nobility. The della Rovere family included popes, cardinals, and powerful dukes who financed some of the world's best-known and greatest artwork. The essays explore the issue of identity and its maintenance, of carving a permanent spot for a family name in a rapidly changing atmosphere.

Although these studies depart from art patronage, they uncover how the popes, cardinals, dukes, and signore of the della Rovere family constituted their identity. Originally a nouveau-riche creation of papal nepotism, the della Rovere first populated the ranks of cardinals under the powerful popes Sixtus IV and Julius II. Within the framework of later papal relations, the family negotiated its position within the economy of Italian nobles.

Contents:

Part I The Beginning- Sixtus IV

The Sistine Chapel, Dynastic Ambition, and the Cultural Patronage of Sixtus IV / Andrew C. Blume 3

Pope Sixtus IV at Assisi: The Promotion of Papal Power / Jill Elizabeth Blondin 19

Part II Ecclesiastics

Piety and Public Consumption: Domenico, Girolamo, and Julius II della Rovere at Santa Maria del Popolo / Lisa Passaglia Bauman 39

Avignon to Rome: The Making of Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere as a Patron of Architecture / Henry Dietrich Fernandez 63

Reform and Renewed Ambition: Cardinal Giulio Feltrio della Rovere / Ian Verstegen 89

Part III Signore

Felice della Rovere and the Castello at Palo / Caroline P. Murphy 111

The Ecclesiastical Patronage of Isabella Feltria della Rovere: Bricks, Bones, and Brocades / Maria Ann Conelli 123

Part IV The Ducal Experience

Francesco Maria and the Duchy of Urbino, between Rome and Venice / Ian Verstegen 141

Duke Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Federico Barocci, and the Taste for Titian at the Court of Urbino / Jeffrey Fontana 161

Francesco Maria della Rovere and Federico Barocci: Some Notes on Distinctive Strategies in Patronage and the Position of the Artist at Court / Stuart Lingo 179

Appendix Della Rovere Family Tree 201.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1931112606

9781931112604

OCLC:

80020155