Princes of the Renaissance
Hollingsworth, Mary2023
Book
Inspired by the humanists, the princes of 15th- and 16th-century Italy immersed themselves in the culture of antiquity, commissioning palaces, villas and churches inspired by the architecture of ancient Rome, and offering patronage to artists and writers. Many of thse princes were related by blood or marriage, creating a web of alliances that held society together but whose tensions sometimes threatened to tear it apart; thus were their lives dominated as much by the waging of war as the nurture of the artistic talent. In a narrative that is as rigorous and closely researched as it is accessible and informative, Mary Hollingsworth sets the princes' aesthetic achievements in the context of the volatile, ever-shifting politics of a tumultuous period of history.
Main title:
Princes of the Renaissance / Mary Hollingsworth.
Author:
Hollingsworth, Mary, author
Imprint:
London : Apollo, 2023.
Collation:
512 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Head of Zeus, 2021.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781803281261 (pbk)
Dewey class:
945.050922
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3358583