Architecture as Performance in Seventeenth-Century Europe: Court Ritual in Modena, Rome, and Paris Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Architecture as Performance in Seventeenth-Century Europe: Court Ritual in Modena, Rome, and Paris Book

This book probes the role of culture in state craft by examining how seventeenth century rulers pressed art and architecture into the service. Alice Jarrard focuses on the ambitious Italian patron, Duke Francesco d'Este of Modena, who deployed art works strategically for his exiled family. Drawing from vital Italian court traditions for his festival practices, the duke imported opera theater designs from Venice and called on famed Roman artists to create portraits and palaces. Demonstrating how performance brought paintings, sculptures, and buildings to life, Jarrard reveals the dynamic role of art in seventeenth-century political discourse.Read More

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    Probing the role of culture in state craft, Alice Jarrard focuses on the ambitious Italian patron, Duke Francesco d'Este of Modena. The Duke deployed art works for his exiled family by drawing from vital Italian court traditions. He imported opera theater designs from Venice and called on famed Roman artists to create portraits and palaces. Demonstrating how performance brought paintings, sculptures, and buildings to life, Jarrard reveals the dynamic role of art in seventeenth-century political discourse.

  • 0521815096
  • 9780521815093
  • Alice Jarrard
  • 24 November 2003
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 324
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