A Renaissance Tapestry: The Gonzaga of MantuaA sketch of the north Italian city of Mantua during the Renaissance by a superb author of travel books. Though small, Mantua played a crucial role in the tortuously complicated Renaissance politics. Focus is on the calculating Gonzaga family whose political astuteness, tangled network of marriage alliances, etc., kept it in power from 1329 to 1629. Simon interweaves condottiere, humanists, artists, and musicians, giving capsule biographies of famous figures. Despite some omissions in coverage, the text is splendid: Simon has an ear attuned to the apposite quote, an especially critical eye for the works of art that made the court of Mantua internationally famous. General readers and travelers will enjoy this book. Bennett D. Hill, St. Anselm's Abbey, Washington, D.C. --Library Journal. |
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... painted in the agitated mannerist fashion . A spread of late - Renaissance panels depicting incidents in Ovid's Metamorphoses ( a popular source of subjects ) brighten a few cham- bers , while a broad , ornate ceiling that once looked ...
... painted in the agitated mannerist fashion . A spread of late - Renaissance panels depicting incidents in Ovid's Metamorphoses ( a popular source of subjects ) brighten a few cham- bers , while a broad , ornate ceiling that once looked ...
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... painted by Leonardo . ) After the customary exchange of wedding portraits , Isabella's painted by her father's court painter , Cosmé Tura ; after visits , gifts , and poetic little missives written by Mantuan poets for Fran- cesco ...
... painted by Leonardo . ) After the customary exchange of wedding portraits , Isabella's painted by her father's court painter , Cosmé Tura ; after visits , gifts , and poetic little missives written by Mantuan poets for Fran- cesco ...
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... painted by Rubens after a lost Titian , and a richly dressed woman wearing one of Isabella's famous turbans , as painted by Giulio Romano ; both possibly Isabella and probably not . Lorenzo Costa , official painter in Mantua after the ...
... painted by Rubens after a lost Titian , and a richly dressed woman wearing one of Isabella's famous turbans , as painted by Giulio Romano ; both possibly Isabella and probably not . Lorenzo Costa , official painter in Mantua after the ...
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