Ambition, Art, and Image-Making in an Early Quattrocento Court: The Palazzo Trinci Frescoes

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Sarah Roberts

Ambition, Art, and Image-Making in an Early Quattrocento Court

The Palazzo Trinci Frescoes

Sarah Roberts

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English

Routledge
01 August 2024

Renaissance art; Painting & paintings; European history

Series: Routledge Research in Art History

This study provides new interpretations of the little-known but fascinating Palazzo Trinci frescoes, relating them for the first time both to their physical context and to their social, political, and cultural environment.

Chapters show how a humanist agenda subverted the historical and mythical associations more frequently used to promote powerful families, to point the Trinci family in new directions. It also shows how the artists involved adapted established civic, religious, and chivalric imagery in support of these ideas. The book argues that the resulting decorations are highly unusual for the period, in their serious political and social purpose. Positioning the Trinci as bringers of peace, not war, the family is now associated with culture and education and presented as willing to encourage debate about the character of the virtuous ruler and the nature of good government.

The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history and Renaissance studies.

By: Sarah Roberts
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
ISBN: 9781032734545
ISBN 10: 103273454X
Series: Routledge Research in Art History
Pages: 210
Publication Date: 01 August 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Sarah Roberts received a PhD in Art History from the Open University and is now an independent researcher and writer.