Papacy and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Rome : Pius VI and the Arts Hardback
by Jeffrey (Professor of 17th- and 18th-Century Art and Visual Culture, University of Washingt Collins
Hardback
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Pius VI was the last great papal patron of the arts in the Renaissance and Baroque tradition.
This book presents the first synthetic study of his artistic patronage and policies in an effort to understand how he used the arts strategically, as a means of countering the growing hostility to the old order and the supremacy of the papacy.
Pius' initiatives included the grand sacristy for St Peter's, the new Vatican Museum of ancient art, and the re-erection of Egyptian obelisks.
These projects, along with Pius' use of prints, paintings, and performances, created Pius' public persona, and helped to anchor Rome's place as the cultural capital of Europe.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:378 pages, 181 Halftones, unspecified; 5 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:08/04/2004
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- ISBN:9780521809436
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:378 pages, 181 Halftones, unspecified; 5 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:08/04/2004
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521809436
