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Renaissance Rome: Post-Classical Aqueducts in Rome, Banquet of Chestnuts, Accademia Di San Luca, Pasquino, Acqua Vergine, Acqua Felice

Renaissance Rome: Post-Classical Aqueducts in Rome, Banquet of Chestnuts, Accademia Di San Luca, Pasquino, Acqua Vergine, Acqua Felice


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Post-Classical Aqueducts in Rome, Banquet of Chestnuts, Accademia Di San Luca, Pasquino, Acqua Vergine, Acqua Felice, Tiburzio Di Maso, Pomponio Algerio, Francisco Delicado, Acqua Pia Antica Marcia. Excerpt: The Accademia di San Luca, (the "Academy of Saint Luke") was founded in 1577 as an association of artists in Rome, under the directorship of Federico Zuccari, with the purpose of elevating the work of "artists", which included painters, sculptors and architects, above that of mere craftsmen. Other founders included Girolamo Muziano and Pietro Olivieri. The Academy was named after Saint Luke the evangelist who, legend has it, made a portrait of the Virgin Mary, and thus became the patron saint of painters' guilds. From the late sixteenth century until it moved to its present location at the Palazzo Carpegna, it was based in an urban block by the Roman Forum and although these buildings no longer survive, the Academy church of Santi Luca e Martina, does. Designed by the Baroque architect, Pietro da Cortona, its main facade overlooks the Forum. The Academy's predecessor was the Compagnia di San Luca, a guild of painters and miniaturists, which had its statutes and privileges renewed at the much earlier date of December 17, 1478 by Pope Sixtus IV. Included among its founding members, was the famous painter Melozzo da Forl--, as he was the pictor papalis in that period. In 1605, Pope Paul V granted the Academy the right to pardon a condemned man on the feast of St. Luke. In the 1620s, Urban VIII extended its rights to decide who was considered an artist in Rome and it came under the patronage of his nephew, Cardinal Francesco Barberini. In 1633, Urban VIII gave it the right to tax all artists as well as art-dealers, and monopolize all public ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2823473


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  • ISBN-13: 9781157927310
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • Sub Title: Post-Classical Aqueducts in Rome, Banquet of Chestnuts, Accademia Di San Luca, Pasquino, Acqua Vergine, Acqua Felice
  • Width: 229 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1157927319
  • Publisher Date: 11 Jun 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 68 gr


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