1st Edition
Ambition, Art, and Image-Making in an Early Quattrocento Court The Palazzo Trinci Frescoes
By Sarah Roberts
Copyright 2025
220 Pages
20 Color & 46 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
220 Pages
20 Color & 46 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
220 Pages
20 Color & 46 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This study provides new interpretations of the little-known but fascinating Palazzo Trinci frescoes, relating them for the first time both to their physical context and to their social, political, and cultural environment.
Chapters show how a humanist agenda subverted the historical and mythical associations more frequently used to promote powerful families, to point the Trinci family in new... Read more
1. The Trinci: Setting the Scene 2. The Bridge: A Transitional Space 3. The Story of Ilia: Foundation Myth or Investigation of Virtue? 4. The Sala dei Giganti: The Lessons from History 5. The Camera delle Rose: Vita Activa and Vita Contemplativa
Biography
Sarah Roberts received a PhD in Art History from the Open University and is now an independent researcher and writer.
