Art, Patronage, and Nepotism in Early Modern Rome

Karen J. Lloyd

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Routledge
19 August 2022

History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800

Series: Visual Culture in Early Modernity

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.

By: Karen J. Lloyd
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 712g
ISBN: 9781032117072
ISBN 10: 1032117079
Series: Visual Culture in Early Modernity
Pages: 268
Publication Date: 19 August 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Karen J. Lloyd is Assistant Professor in the Department of Art at Stony Brook University.

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Art, Patronage, and Nepotism in Early Modern Rome

Karen J. Lloyd

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