1st Edition

Art, Patronage, and Nepotism in Early Modern Rome

By Karen J. Lloyd Copyright 2023
282 Pages 74 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

282 Pages 74 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

282 Pages 74 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more
Introduction, PART I: The Cardinal Nephew, 1. Obedience. Scipione Borghese and the Cardinal Nephew as Servant, 2. Prudence. Paluzzo Altieri and the Cardinal Nephew as Padrone, PART II: The Ex-Cardinal Nephew, 3: Pietas. Francesco Barberini and the Ex-Cardinal Nephew as Model, 4. Fidelity. Paluzzo Altieri and the Ex-Cardinal Nephew as Intimo, 5. Order. Flavio Chigi and the Ex-Cardinal Nephew as Collector Conclusion

Biography

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