Power and display in the seventeenth century : the arts and their patrons in Modena and Ferrara / Janet Southorn
1988, 1st edition. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #387126
ISBN: 0521345634
Physical description; 200 pp., 71 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. Contents; List of Plates -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. The Este in Modena (1598-1658), Reactions ; Restoring the ancient splendor ; Ways and means ; Part II. The Bentivoglio (1598-1660) ; Patrons, agents and entrepreneurs ; Part III. The papal state of Ferrara (1598-1660) ; The state of the faith ; The Papal Legation ; The Ferrarese nobility. Subjects; Bentivoglio Familie. Art, Italian Italy Modena 17th century. Collectors and collecting.
Price: €28.95