Drawing on rich archival research and focusing on works by leading
artists including Guido Reni and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Karen J. Lloyd
demonstrates that cardinal nephews in seventeenth-century Rome –
those nephews who were raised to the cardinalate as princes of the
Church – used the arts to cultivate more than splendid social
status. Through politically savvy frescos and emotionally evocative
displays of paintings, sculptures, and curiosities, cardinal nephews
aimed to define nepotism as good Catholic rule. Their commissions took
advantage of their unique position close to the pope, embedding the
defense of their role into the physical fabric of authority, from the
storied vaults of the Vatican Palace to the sensuous garden villas
that fused business and pleasure in the Eternal City. This book
uncovers how cardinal nephews crafted a seductively potent dialogue on
the nature of power, fuelling the development of innovative visual
forms that championed themselves as the indispensable heart of papal
politics. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art
history, early modern studies, religious history, and political
history.
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ISBN
9781000636987
Publisert
2022
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Routledge
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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