Arts of power : three halls of state in Italy, 1300-1600

Author

Starn, Randolph; Partridge, Loren

Document type

Livre

Language

English

Collection

The new historicism : studies in cultural poetics ; Num. 19.

Source

Arts of power : three halls of state in Italy, 1300-1600. 1992, xi, 374 p., 8 p. of pl., ill. (8 col.); diagrams; plans; bibliogr. ref.; index

ISBN

0520073835

Publisher

University of California Press, Berkeley (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Examines the decorative programs of three important Italian state halls, 14th-16th cs., and argues that the art not only reflects political messages, but also constructs and contests ideology. Shows how the hall of state and its fresco decoration differed from regime to regime, through a detailed study of the following examples: Ambrogio Lorenzetti's frescoes for the Sala dei Nove, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, from the 14th c. civic republic; the frescoes of Andrea Mantegna in the Camera Picta (Camera degli Sposi) Castello S. Giorgio, Mantua, reflecting the princely court of the 15th c.; and Giorgio Vasari's work in the Sala Grande (Salone dei Cinquecento), Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, representing the absolutist state of the 16th c. Includes in appendices transcriptions and translations of the inscriptions from the Sala dei Nove, by Ruggero Stefanini, and diagram legends from the Sala Grande, translated by William S. Anderson.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Italy
• Mural painting
• Italy
• 1300-1600
• Politics
• Lorenzetti, Ambrogio, d.ca.1348
• Palazzo pubblico||Siena (ITA)
• Allegory of Good and Bad Government
• Mantegna, Andrea, 1431-1506
• Palazzo ducale, Castello di S. Giorgio, Camera degli Sposi||Mantova (ITA)
• Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574
• Palazzo Vecchio||Firenze (ITA)
• Salone dei Cinquecento
• City halls
• Palaces
• Decoration

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Italie
• Peinture murale
• Italie
• 1300-1600
• Politique
• Lorenzetti, Ambrogio, m.v.1348
• Palazzo pubblico||Siena (ITA)
• Allégorie du Bon et du Mauvais Gouvernement
• Mantegna, Andrea, 1431-1506
• Palazzo ducale, Castello di S. Giorgio, Camera degli Sposi||Mantova (ITA)
• Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574
• Palazzo Vecchio||Firenze (ITA)
• Salone dei Cinquecento
• Hôtel de ville
• Palais
• Décor

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920701-00428170

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