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Book Urban VIII

    Book Details:
  • Author : William Nassau Weech
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1905
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 128 pages

Download or read book Urban VIII written by William Nassau Weech and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Neo Latin Verse of Urban VIII  Alexander VII and Leo XIII

Download or read book The Neo Latin Verse of Urban VIII Alexander VII and Leo XIII written by Stephen Harrison and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-04-04 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating insight into the most talented Latin poets to occupy the Papal throne after Pius II Piccolomini in the 15th century, this book offers translations of and commentaries on the major poems of the three popes (all Italians): Urban VIII Barberini, Alexander VII Chigi and Leo XIII Pecci. Their highly accomplished Neo-Latin poems owe much to the major Latin poets and are significant instances of classical reception, but also cast an interesting light on their lives, times and papacies. Urban (elected pope in 1623) published a mixture of secular and religious verse, drawing on the hexameter epistles of Horace and the lyrics of Catullus and writing Horatian material in praise of Alessandro Farnese, governor of the Netherlands for Philip II of Spain, and the Spanish martyr St Laurence. Alexander (elected pope in 1655) like Urban combines secular and religious themes and often uses Horatian frameworks, writing hexameter accounts of some of the journeys he made as a papal diplomat in Germany and an Horatian ode on the fall of the Protestant stronghold of La Rochelle (1628). Leo's poetry was mostly religious and published during his papacy (1878-1903); his Horatian ode on the new millennium of 1900 was widely read, and other works include an elegy which links a shrine of the Virgin with the Battle of Lepanto; an Horatian satire on moderate diet; and hymns to saints which combine early Christian and Horatian forms.

Book Civic Politics in the Rome of Urban VIII

Download or read book Civic Politics in the Rome of Urban VIII written by Laurie Nussdorfer and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this colorful depiction of daily political life in Baroque Rome, Laurie Nussdorfer argues that the lay persons managed to sustain a civic government under the increased papal absolutism of Urban VIII (1623-1644), who oversaw both sacred and secular life. Focusing on the S.P.Q.R. (the Senate and the Roman People), which was ministered from the capitoline Hill, she shows that it provided political representation for lay members of the urban elite, carried out the work of local government, and served as a symbol of the Roman voice in public life. Through a detailed study of how civic authorities derived their sense of legitimacy and how lay subjects maneuvered in informal and disguised ways to block or criticize the papal regime, the author advances a new way of conceiving politics under an absolute ruler. As Nussdorfer analyzes the complex interactions between the lay administration and Urban VIII and his family, the papal administration, and Romans of the upper and lower classes, she also provides fresh insights into the actual practice of early modern government. She takes the plague threat of the early 1630s, the War of Castro (1641-1644), and the interregnum following the pope's death as important test cases of the state's power in times of crisis. Laurie Nussdorfer is Assistant Professor of History and Letters at Wesleyan University. Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Book Civic Politics in the Rome of Urban VIII

Download or read book Civic Politics in the Rome of Urban VIII written by Laurie Nussdorfer and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this colorful depiction of daily political life in Baroque Rome, Laurie Nussdorfer argues that the lay persons managed to sustain a civic government under the increased papal absolutism of Urban VIII (1623-1644), who oversaw both sacred and secular life. Focusing on the S.P.Q.R. (the Senate and the Roman People), which was ministered from the capitoline Hill, she shows that it provided political representation for lay members of the urban elite, carried out the work of local government, and served as a symbol of the Roman voice in public life. Through a detailed study of how civic authorities derived their sense of legitimacy and how lay subjects maneuvered in informal and disguised ways to block or criticize the papal regime, the author advances a new way of conceiving politics under an absolute ruler. As Nussdorfer analyzes the complex interactions between the lay administration and Urban VIII and his family, the papal administration, and Romans of the upper and lower classes, she also provides fresh insights into the actual practice of early modern government. She takes the plague threat of the early 1630s, the War of Castro (1641-1644), and the interregnum following the pope's death as important test cases of the state's power in times of crisis. Laurie Nussdorfer is Assistant Professor of History and Letters at Wesleyan University. Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Book Seventeenth century Art   Architecture

Download or read book Seventeenth century Art Architecture written by Ann Sutherland Harris and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encompassing the socio-political, cultural background of the period, this title takes a look at the careers of the Old Masters and many lesser-known artists. The book covers artistic developments across six countries and examines in detail many of the artworks on display.

Book Pope Urban VIII and Pope Alexander VII  Selected Poetry

Download or read book Pope Urban VIII and Pope Alexander VII Selected Poetry written by Pope Urban VIII and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban VIII and Alexander VII each occupied the papal throne during the seventeenth century, and were munificent and discriminating patrons of the arts, as well as men of conspicuous erudition and imagination. They were also sensitive, inspired, and highly accomplished poets. The cultural milieu from which they sprang was a halcyon era in which literature and the arts flourished with all the apollonian refulgence of a splendid, and sometimes extravagant, opulence. The present work of adaptation, employing strictly the medium of English heroic verse, comprises a choice cornucopia of the lyrical musings of these two baroque pontiffs--compositions of orphic mellifluence and sidereal luster, which are both rare literary curiosities and ornately fashioned treasures of virtuosic neo-classical poesy. These adaptations attempt to lift the tenebrous veil of alterity and obscurity which has hitherto concealed these masterworks, diligently repolishing their aureate, marble, or onyx surfaces, and humbly offering their nacreous arabesques and argent-spangled trefoils to the discerning eye of the contemporary anglophone reader.

Book Power And Religion in Baroque Rome

Download or read book Power And Religion in Baroque Rome written by P. J. A. N. Rietbergen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2006 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study analyzes the ways in which a variety of cultural manifestations were the necessary preconditions for (religious) policy and power in the Rome of Urban VIII (1623-1644). Precisely their interaction created what we now call 'Baroque Culture'.

Book Gian Vittorio Rossi s Eudemiae libri decem

Download or read book Gian Vittorio Rossi s Eudemiae libri decem written by Jennifer K. Nelson and published by Narr Francke Attempto Verlag. This book was released on 2021-02-15 with total page 911 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gian Vittorio Rossi (1577–1647) was an active participant in the intellectual and artistic community in Rome orbiting around Pope Urban VIII and the powerful Barberini family. His prolific literary output encompassed letters, dialogues, orations, biographies, poetry, and fiction. A superlative Latinist, Rossi unleashed his biting wit and deep knowledge of Classical literature against perceived societal wrongs. Set on the fictional island of Eudemia in the first century CE, Eudemiae libri decem is a satirical novel that criticizes Rossi's own society for its system of patronage and favors that he saw as rewarding wealth and opulence over skill and hard work. An understudied figure, Rossi's involvement with one of Rome's premier literary academies and his relationships with intellectuals in Italy and throughout Europe provide a unique insider view of seventeenth-century Rome.

Book Catalogue     of the     Collection of Coins and Medals

Download or read book Catalogue of the Collection of Coins and Medals written by Matthew Young (Numismatist.) and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A House Divided

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  • Author : Andrew L. Thomas
  • Publisher : BRILL
  • Release : 2010
  • ISBN : 9004183566
  • Pages : 416 pages

Download or read book A House Divided written by Andrew L. Thomas and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the intersection between religious belief, dynastic ambitions, and late Renaissance court culture within the main branches of Germany's most storied ruling house, the Wittelsbach dynasty. Their influence touched many shores from the "coast" of Bohemia to Boston.

Book Art in Rome

    Book Details:
  • Author : Julia C. Fischer
  • Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • Release : 2019-07-26
  • ISBN : 1527537528
  • Pages : 294 pages

Download or read book Art in Rome written by Julia C. Fischer and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-26 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume covers the major artistic and architectural masterpieces produced in Rome from antiquity up to the present day. It particularly considers art in ancient Rome, the Early Christian period, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance and Baroque periods, as well as more recent artistic productions. As such, it highlights the ongoing evolution of art in Rome. Its fifteen chapters are organized topographically with each corresponding to a specific area of Rome and exploring sites and monuments within that location. Whenever possible, the chapters are also arranged chronologically. Therefore, many of the ancient monuments are examined in the beginning chapters, and then subsequent section move chronologically through the Early Christian period, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance, the Baroque, and modern periods. With its engaging and informative writing, the volume will enhance students’ knowledge of Rome, allowing them to get as much out of their study abroad experience as possible. In addition, Art in Rome will appeal to scholars and erudite travelers, who want to extensively explore the many artistic monuments of Rome.

Book British museum Catalogue of Printed books Virgilius Maro  Publius

Download or read book British museum Catalogue of Printed books Virgilius Maro Publius written by and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Cyclopaedia of Biblical  Theological  and Ecclesiastical Literature

Download or read book Cyclopaedia of Biblical Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature written by John McClintock and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 1146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book British Museum Catalogue of printed Books

Download or read book British Museum Catalogue of printed Books written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Music and Spectacle in Baroque Rome

Download or read book Music and Spectacle in Baroque Rome written by Frederick Hammond and published by . This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive examination of the musical productions and festivals sponsored by the Barberini family in 17th century Rome. This work discuses what work was written under their patronage, why it was commissioned and how it related to the religious, political and aesthetic programme of the family.

Book Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication

Download or read book Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Guide to the Materials for American History in Roman and Other Italian Archives

Download or read book Guide to the Materials for American History in Roman and Other Italian Archives written by Carl Russell Fish and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: