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Italian Courts and European Culture (Hardcover)
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Italian Courts and European Culture (Hardcover)
Series: Renaissance History, Art and Culture
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Between the fifteenth and the eighteenth century, princely courts
dominated the Italian political scene. These courts were
effervescent centers of cultural production. As such, they became a
model for European monarchies who imported Italian courtly forma
del vivere ('style of life') to legitimize their power and to
define social status. This phenomenon included architecture and
painting, theater and music, manners and aesthetics, and all the
objects, behaviors and beliefs that contributed to homogenize
European culture in the age of the Old Regime. It involved a
hemorrhage of art and a continuous circulation of people, texts and
symbols. The foundational material for this process was classicism
and its purpose was political. This delineates a new geography and
chronology of a truly European cultural history. It also provides
the key traits for the European cultural identity.
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