Ian F Verstegen: 2 books
Patronage and Dynasty
The Rise of the della Rovere in Renaissance Italy
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
This collection of essays offers a thorough study of the patron-artist relationship through the lens of one of early modern Italy’s most powerful and influential historical families. Contributors present a longitudinal study of the della Rovere family’s ascent into Italian nobility. The della...
Federico Barocci and the Oratorians
Corporate Patronage and Style in the Counter-Reformation
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
In 1586, Federico Barocci delivered his Visitation of the Virgin and St. Elizabeth to the Chiesa Nuova in Rome. For the next quarter century, Barocci dominated the art scene in Rome; there was no other artist from whom it was harder to get work and no other artist charged such high prices. Having...