Jacopo Strada and cultural patronage at the imperial court : : the antique as innovation / / by Dirk Jacob Jansen.

• VerfasserIn: Jansen, Dirk Jacob, 1953-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2018]
• Year of Publication: 2019; 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Rulers & Elites 17.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

In Jacopo Strada and Cultural Patronage at the Imperial Court: Antiquity as Innovation , Dirk Jansen provides a survey of the life and career of the antiquary, architect, and courtier Jacopo Strada (Mantua 1515-Vienna 1588). His manifold activities — also as a publisher and as an agent and artistic and scholarly advisor of powerful patrons such as Hans Jakob Fugger, the Duke of Bavaria and the Emperors Ferdinand I and Maximilian II — are examined in detail, and studied within the context of the cosmopolitan learned and courtly environments in which he moved. These volumes offer a substantial reassessment of Strada’s importance as an agent of change, transmitting the ideas and artistic language of the Italian Renaissance to the North.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Acknowledgments of Financial Support Received -- Abbreviations -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- The Image -- The Image—Or from Whom (Not?) to Buy a Second-Hand Car -- ‘A Puero Enutritum et iam Olim Exercitatum’: Education and Early Experience -- Early Years: Family Background, Education, Giulio Romano -- Travel: Rome, Landshut, Nuremberg—Strada’s Connection with Wenzel Jamnitzer -- In Hans Jakob Fuggers’s Service -- Antiquario Della Sacra Cesarea Maesta: Strada’s Tasks at Court -- ‘Ainem Paumaister bey unnsern Gebewen’: Jacopo Strada asan Imperial Architect -- Jacopo Strada as an Imperial Architect: Background -- Strada’s Role in Projects Initiated by Emperor Ferdinand i -- An Object Lesson: Strada’s House in Vienna -- The Munich Antiquarium -- The Neugebäude -- Other Patrons of Architecture -- The Musaeum -- The Musaeum: Strada’s Circle -- The Musaeum: Its Contents -- Books, Prints and Drawings: The Musaeum as a Centre of Visual Documentation -- ‘Ex Musaeo et Impensis Jacobi Stradae, S.C.M. Antiquarius, Civis Romani’: Strada’s Frustrated Ambitions as a Publisher -- The Antiquary and the Agent of Change -- Le Cose dell’Antichità: Strada as a Student of Antiquity -- Strada and Company: By Appointment to His Majesty the Emperor -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index.