Beyond the Palio

Urbanism and Ritual in Renaissance Siena
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-4051-5572-4
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 240 g

Beyond the Palio is an interdisciplinary collection of essays examining the components and importance of ritual events and ceremonies in Renaissance Siena.
- Brings together studies based upon diverse disciplinary and methodological approaches to a common theme.

- Provides specific case studies and useful comparisons to well-known monographic studies of ritual in Florence and Venice.

- Concentrates on a single city to emphasize the important function of public rituals to life during the early modern period.

- Looks at both local ritual life and the ways it was presented to and viewed by those outside the city.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jackson, Philippa

Nevola, Fabrizio

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Beyond the Palio: Urbanism and Ritual in Renaissance Siena: Philippa Jackson and Fabrizio Nevola.

2. ‘Sotto uno Baldachino Trionfale’: the Ritual Significance of the Painted Canopy in Simone Martini’s Maestà: Diana Norman.

3. Enter the Emperor: Charles IV and Siena between Politics, Diplomacy and Ritual (1355 and 1368): Gerrit Schenk.

4. Altars on the Street: The Arte della Lana, the Carmelites and the Feast of Corpus Domini in Siena 1356-1456: Machtelt Israëls.

5. Ritual Geography: Housing the Papal Court of Pius II Piccolomini in Siena (1459-60): Fabrizio Nevola.

6. Peace-making Rituals in Fifteenth-Century Siena: Christine Shaw.

7. Pomp or Piety? The Funeral of Pandolfo Petrucci: Philippa Jackson.

8. The Rise of the New Civic Ritual of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin in 16th Century Siena: Mauro Mussolin.

Über Autor(innen)

Philippa Jackson is completing research at the Warburg Institute in London on the patronage of Pandolfo Petrucci, the leading citizen of the Sienese republic at the beginning of the sixteenth century. She has written on the cult of Mary Magdalen under his regime and is currently preparing a book entitled Pandolfo Petrucci: Politics and Patronage in Renaissance Siena. Her major interests are in Renaissance cultural history and cardinals of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.

Fabrizio Nevola teaches at the Università degli Studi di Siena. He has held fellowships at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (Montreal) and Villa I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies (Florence) and was AHRB Research Fellow at the University of Warwick (2001-4). His research focus is on the architectural and urban history of Renaissance Siena. He has published numerous articles (e.g. Art Bulletin, 2000 and Renaissance Studies, 2003) and has a book forthcoming entitled Architecture and Government in Renaissance Siena: Fashioning Urban Experience (1400-1555).