A renaissance architecture of power : : princely palaces in the Italian Quattrocento / / edited by Silvia Beltramo, Flavia Cantatore, Marco Folin.

• Superior document: Medieval Mediterranean, Volume 104
• TeilnehmendeR: Beltramo, Silvia,; Cantatore, Flavia,; Folin, Marco,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Medieval Mediterranean ; Volume 104.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (479 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; 1: Princes, Towns, Palaces: A Renaissance “Architecture of Power” /; 2: Medieval Vestiges in the Princely Architecture of the 15th Century /; 3: The Princely Palace in 15th-Century Italian Architectural Theory /; 4: Palaces and Palatine Chapels in 15th-Century Italian Dukedoms: Ideas and Experiences /; 5: “Combining the Old and the New”: The Princely Residences of the Marquises of Saluzzo in the 15th Century /; 6: The Sforza Castle of Milan (1450–1499) /; 7: Patrician Residences and the Palaces of the Marquis of Mantua (1459–1524) /; 8: The Renewal of Ferrara’s Court Palace under Ercole i d’Este (1471–1505) /; 9: Architecture of Power: Imola during the Signoria of Girolamo Riario (1473–1488) /; 10: “Small Mice, Large Palaces”: From Urbino to Carpi /; 11: The Medici Palace, Cosimo the Elder, and Michelozzo: A Historiographical Survey /; 12: The Palace of Nicholas v: Continuity and Innovation in the Vatican Palaces /; 13: Alfonso i of Naples and the Art of Building: Castel Nuovo in a European Context /; 14: The Residences of the Kings of Sicily, from Martin of Aragon to Ferdinand the Catholic /; Bibliography /; Index of Manuscripts /; Index of Names /; Index of Places /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004315500
• ISSN: 0928-5520
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Silvia Beltramo, Flavia Cantatore, Marco Folin.

The growth of princely states in early Renaissance Italy brought a thorough renewal to the old seats of power. One of the most conspicuous outcomes of this process was the building or rebuilding of new court palaces, erected as prestigious residences in accord with the new ‘classical’ principles of Renaissance architecture. The novelties, however, went far beyond architectural forms: they involved the reorganisation of courtly interiors and their functions, new uses for the buildings, and the relationship between the palaces and their surroundings. The whole urban setting was affected by these processes, and therefore the social, residential and political customs of its inhabitants. This is the focus of A Renaissance Architecture of Power , which aims to analyse from a comparative perspective the evolution of Italian court palaces in the Renaissance in their entirety. Contributors are Silvia Beltramo, Flavia Cantatore, Bianca de Divitiis, Emanuela Ferretti, Marco Folin, Giulio Girondi, Andrea Longhi, Marco Rosario Nobile, Aurora Scotti, Elena Svalduz, and Stefano Zaggia.