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Title A Renaissance architecture of power : princely palaces in the Italian Quattrocento / edited by Silvia Beltramo, Flavia Cantatore, Marco Falin.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016.

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Series The medieval Mediterranean : peoples, economies and cultures, 400-1500, 0928-5520 ; volume 104
Summary "The growth of princely states in early Renaissance Italy brought a thorough renewal to the old seats of power. One of the most conspicuous outcomes of this process was the building or rebuilding of new court palaces, erected as prestigious residences in accord with the new 'classical' principles of Renaissance architecture. The novelties, however, went far beyond architectural forms: they involved the reorganisation of courtly interiors and their functions, new uses for the buildings, and the relationship between the palaces and their surroundings. The whole urban setting was affected by these processes, and therefore the social, residential and political customs of its inhabitants. This is the focus of A Renaissance Architecture of Power, which aims to analyse from a comparative perspective the evolution of Italian court palaces in the Renaissance in their entirety. Contributors are Silvia Beltramo, Flavia Cantatore, Bianca de Divitiis, Emanuela Ferretti, Marco Folin, Giulio Girondi, Andrea Longhi, Marco Rosario Nobile, Aurora Scotti, Elena Svalduz, and Stefano Zaggia"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part 1. Comparative issues -- Princes, towns, palaces : a Renaissance "architecture of power" / Marco Folin -- Medieval vestiges in the princely architecture of the 15th century / Silvia Beltramo -- The princely palace in 15th-century Italian architectural theory / Flavia Cantatore -- Palaces and Palatine chapels in 15th-century Italian dukedoms : ideas and experiences / Andrea Longhi -- Part 2. Case studies -- "Combining the old and the new" : the princely residences of the marquises of Saluzzo in the 15th century / Silvia Beltramo -- The Sforza Castle of Milan (1450-1499) / Aurora Scotti -- Patrician residences and the palaces of the Marquis of Mantua (1459-1524) / Giulio Girondi -- The renewal of Ferrara's Court Palace under Ercole I d'Este (1471-1505) / Marco Folin -- Architecture of power : Imola during the Signoria of Girolamo Riario (1473-1488) / Stifano Zaggia -- "Small mice, large palaces" : from Urbino to Carpi / Elena Svalduz -- The Medici Palace, Cosimo the Elder, and Michelozzo : a historiographical survey / Emanuela Ferretti -- The Palace of Nicholas V : continuity and innovation in the Vatican palaces / Flavia Cantatore -- Alfonso 1 of Naples and the art of building : Castel Nuovo in a European context / Bianca de Divitiis -- The residences of the kings of Sicily, from Martin of Aragon to Ferdinand the Catholic / Marco Rosario Nobile.
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Subject Architecture, Renaissance -- Italy -- History.
Architecture, Renaissance.
Italy.
History.
Architecture and state -- Italy -- History -- To 1500.
Architecture and state.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Architecture and state -- Italy -- History -- 16th century.
Chronological Term 16th century
Subject Power (Social sciences) -- Italy -- History.
Power (Social sciences)
Princes -- Dwellings -- Italy -- History.
Princes -- Dwellings.
Princes.
Palaces -- Italy -- History.
Palaces.
Dwellings -- Kings and rulers -- History. -- Italy.
Dwellings.
Kings and rulers.
Renaissance -- Italy.
Renaissance.
Italy -- Politics and government -- 1268-1559.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1268-1559
Subject Italy -- History, Local.
Local history.
Chronological Term To 1599
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Local history.
Electronic books.
Added Author Beltramo, Silvia.
Cantatore, Flavia.
Folin, Marco.
Other Form: Print version: Renaissance architecture of power Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016 9789004243613 (DLC) 2016002674
ISBN 9789004315501 electronic book
9004315500 electronic book
9789004243613 (hardback) (acid-free paper)