Italian courts and European culture / Marcello Fantoni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fantoni, Marcello, author.

Series:

Renaissance history, art and culture.

Renaissance history, art and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italy--Court and courtiers--History.

Italy.

Europe--Civilization--Italian influences.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Between the fifteenth and the eighteenth century, princely courts dominated the Italian political scene. These courts were effervescent centres of cultural production. As such, they became a model for European monarchies who imported Italian courtly forma del vivere ('style of life') to legitimise their power and to define social status. This phenomenon included architecture and painting, theater and music, manners and aesthetics, and all the objects, behaviours and beliefs that contributed to homogenise 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.

Contents:

Republics and princes

Italian courts and European culture

The models

Common denominators.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 30, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Fantoni, Marcello Italian Courts and European Culture

ISBN:

9789048550944

9048550947

OCLC:

1347260361