A set of case studies exploring the tastes, passions, and possessions of cardinals in Renaissance and Baroque Rome.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments
Notes on Currencies, Weights, and Measures
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Mary Hollingsworth and Carol M. Richardson
1. The Renaissance Cardinalate: From Paolo Cortesi’s De cardinalatu to the Present
David S. Chambers
2. Guillaume d’Estouteville’s Italian Journey
Meredith J. Gill
3. Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini (1439–1503), Sant’Eustachio, and the Consorteria Piccolomini
Carol M. Richardson
4. Gabriele Rangone (†1486): The First Observant Franciscan Cardinal and His Chapel in Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Rome
Roberto Cobianchi
5. Cardinal of Naples and Cardinal in Rome: The Patronage of Oliviero Carafa
Diana Norman
6. Cardinal Bernardo Dovizi da Bibbiena (1470–1520): A Palatine Cardinal
Angelica Pediconi
7. “Per havere tutte le opere . . . da monsignor reverendissimo”: Artists Seeking the Favor of Cardinal Giulio de’ Medici
Sheryl Reiss
8. A Taste for Conspicuous Consumption: Cardinal Ippolito d’Este and His Wardrobe, 1555–1566
Mary Hollingsworth
9. Lost in Antiquities: Cardinal Giovanni de’ Medici (1543–1562)
Andrea Gáldy
10. The Court of Humility: Carlo Borromeo and the Ritual of Reform
Pamela M. Jones
11. Contrasting Priorities: Ferdinando I de’ Medici, Cardinal and Grand Duke
Suzanne B. Butters
12. Cardinal Virtues: Odoardo Farnese in His Camerino
Opher Mansour
13. Representing an Alternative Empire at the Court of Cardinal Federico Borromeo in Habsburg Milan
Lucy C. Cutler
14. Cardinal Antonio Barberini (1608–1671) and the Politics of Art in Baroque Rome
Karin Wolfe
15. John Casimir Wasa (1609–1672), Cardinal and Prince of Poland: Problems of Precedence and Primogeniture for Innocent X
Susan Russell
16. “É cortesi, erudito, e disinvolto al pari di qualunque altro buon corteggiano”: Cardinal Camillo Massimo (1620–1677) at the Court of Pope Clement X
Lisa Beaven
17. A Cardinal and His Family: The Case of Cardinal Patrizi
David R. Marshall
Appendixes
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index
“[Mary Hollingsworth and Carol Richardson] have succeeded in producing a collection that is both attractive and compelling. Visually this is a seductive book, full of cardinal red. . . . This volume presents countless gems for the close reader. Not only is this book a treasure trove of detail concerning early modern Rome, its cardinals, and their families, but it also provides a map of manuscript citations and early printed works. . . . This volume is welcome both for its content and its enthusiasm for a field that has experienced past prejudice.”
