Architecture and royal presence : Domenico and Giulio Cesare Fontana in Spanish Naples (1592-1627) /
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| Author / Creator: | De Cavi, Sabina. |
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| Imprint: | Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2009. |
| Description: | xxv, 505 p., [10] of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7729538 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- List of Illustrations
- Picture Credits
- Introduction
- Spanish Naples: Problems, Historiography, and Method
- Chapter I. A Family Workshop in the Service of the Kings of Spain
- I. 1. Domenico and the Vatican Obelisk
- I. 2. Sixtus, Domenico, and Sistine Rome
- I. 3. Domenico, Royal Engineer in Naples: The Regi Lagni and the New Port
- I. 4. Domenico's Cursus Honorum
- I. 5. Giulio Cesare and Domenico's Legacy in Naples
- Chapter II. Genealogy as Legality: Philip II, Habsburg Succession, and the "Cult" of Royal Bodies
- II. 1. Introduction
- II. 2. Habsburg Lineages and Wedding Politics
- II. 3. Genealogy and Law
- II. 4. Philip II, Habsburg Historiography, and the History of the Kings of Naples
- II. 5. Domenico Fontana Restores the Tombs of the Angevin and Aragonese Kings of Naples
- Chapter III. The Crisis of 1599: Philip III, Clement VIII, and the Viceroy's Embassy to Rome
- Chapter IV. Naples 1600: A Royal Palace for a Renewed Capital
- IV. 1. Introduction
- IV. 2. Old and New: Palazzo Vicereale Vecchio and Palazzo Vicereale Nuovo
- IV. 3. Domenico Fontana's Original Project: Available Evidence
- IV. 4. Fontana's Royal Palace for Naples: Regia Operosa Illustri Aedificii Mole Condita
- IV. 5. Palazzo Nuovo: Architecture Between Rome and Madrid
- Chapter V. Building a Spanish Court in Southern Italy
- V. 1. Court, Etiquette and Architecture
- V. 2. The Formal Apartment of the Viceroy
- V. 3. The Palatine Chapel
- Conclusion: Evaluating Habsburg Architecture in Naples
- Frequent Abbreviations
- Bibliography
- Appendix 1. Series of the Spanish Viceroys of Naples (1586-1702)
- Appendix 2. Documents
- Appendix 3. Genealogical Tree of Domenico Fontana
- Index of Names
- Index of Notable Items
- Index of Sites
