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- catalog abstract "The Gonzaga dynasty, which held the dukedom of Mantua in its iron grip for centuries, was as pleasure-loving and internecine as any leading family of Renaissance Italy. Simon nicely captures the excesses and contradictory passions that swept the ducal palace as she chronicles fraternal rivalries, poisonings, bribes of popes, seesaw alignments of warring states. With an eye for telling detail, the well-known travel writer (Kate Simon's Paris) reminds us that the Renaissance was a time when astrologers and alchemists were widely consulted, when the sexual use of little boys at court was common, and when processions carrying saints' images, believed to be the best cure against the plague, only furthered its spread. While the antics of the Gonzagas hold this tapestry together, the spotlight is stolen by culture-heroes such as humanist rebel-scholar Pico della Mirandola, whose death at age 31 foreshadowed Shelley. From Publishers Weekly. A sketch of the north Italian city of Mantua during the Renaissance by a superb author of travel books. Though small, Mantua played a crucial role in the tortuously complicated Renaissance politics. Focus is on the calculating Gonzaga family whose political astuteness, tangled network of marriage alliances, etc., kept it in power from 1329 to 1629. Simon interweaves condottiere, humanists, artists, and musicians, giving capsule biographies of famous figures. Despite some omissions in coverage, the text is splendid: Simon has an ear attuned to the apposite quote, an especially critical eye for the works of art that made the court of Mantua internationally famous. From Library Journal.".
- catalog contributor b2250202.
- catalog coverage "Italy Civilization 1268-1559.".
- catalog coverage "Mantua (Italy) Civilization.".
- catalog created "1988.".
- catalog date "1988".
- catalog date "1988.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1988.".
- catalog description "A sketch of the north Italian city of Mantua during the Renaissance by a superb author of travel books. Though small, Mantua played a crucial role in the tortuously complicated Renaissance politics. Focus is on the calculating Gonzaga family whose political astuteness, tangled network of marriage alliances, etc., kept it in power from 1329 to 1629. Simon interweaves condottiere, humanists, artists, and musicians, giving capsule biographies of famous figures. Despite some omissions in coverage, the text is splendid: Simon has an ear attuned to the apposite quote, an especially critical eye for the works of art that made the court of Mantua internationally famous. From Library Journal.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 292-298.".
- catalog description "Interlude: plague -- Interlude: Vittorino da Feltre -- Interlude: Words and thought -- Interlude: Mantegna and Alberti -- Interlude: Magics and sciences -- Interlude: Bandello and Ariosto -- Interlude: Women -- Interlude: the 'slow plague' -- Interlude: Castiglione and Machiavelli -- Interlude: Te -- Interlude: theater and music -- Interlude: 'the prince's person' -- Interlude: Rubens -- Interlude: collections -- Postlude: sale, farewell.".
- catalog description "The Gonzaga dynasty, which held the dukedom of Mantua in its iron grip for centuries, was as pleasure-loving and internecine as any leading family of Renaissance Italy. Simon nicely captures the excesses and contradictory passions that swept the ducal palace as she chronicles fraternal rivalries, poisonings, bribes of popes, seesaw alignments of warring states. With an eye for telling detail, the well-known travel writer (Kate Simon's Paris) reminds us that the Renaissance was a time when astrologers and alchemists were widely consulted, when the sexual use of little boys at court was common, and when processions carrying saints' images, believed to be the best cure against the plague, only furthered its spread. While the antics of the Gonzagas hold this tapestry together, the spotlight is stolen by culture-heroes such as humanist rebel-scholar Pico della Mirandola, whose death at age 31 foreshadowed Shelley. From Publishers Weekly.".
- catalog extent "vii, 309 p., [8] pof plates :".
- catalog identifier "024554738X :".
- catalog issued "1988".
- catalog issued "1988.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Harrap,".
- catalog spatial "Italy Civilization 1268-1559.".
- catalog spatial "Italy.".
- catalog spatial "Mantua (Italy) Civilization.".
- catalog subject "929.7/5 19".
- catalog subject "Gonzaga family.".
- catalog subject "Italy Mantua Gonzaga (Family)".
- catalog subject "Renaissance Italy.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Interlude: plague -- Interlude: Vittorino da Feltre -- Interlude: Words and thought -- Interlude: Mantegna and Alberti -- Interlude: Magics and sciences -- Interlude: Bandello and Ariosto -- Interlude: Women -- Interlude: the 'slow plague' -- Interlude: Castiglione and Machiavelli -- Interlude: Te -- Interlude: theater and music -- Interlude: 'the prince's person' -- Interlude: Rubens -- Interlude: collections -- Postlude: sale, farewell.".
- catalog title "A Renaissance tapestry : the Gonzaga of Mantua / Kate Simon.".
- catalog type "text".