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Herculean Ferrara
Ercole d'Este (1471–1505) and the Invention of a Ducal Capital

Part of Cambridge Studies in Italian History and Culture

Author: Thomas Tuohy

Date Published: August 2002
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format: Paperback
isbn: 9780521522632

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The court of Ercole d'Este was one of the most glittering in Renaissance Italy. The duke was a prolific builder, and the leader in the revival of classical theater, an enthusiastic patron of musicians, and a creator of magnificent court spectacles. Very little survives to testify to Ercole's achievements, largely because of a devastating earthquake in 1570, but extensive archival evidence has been used to reestablish the duke's achievements and the extent to which he was personally involved in his patronage.
- An illustrated reappraisal of the artistic aims and achievements of Ercole d'Este
- Runs counter to many standard ideas about Ercole and his role in the remodelling of Ferrara
- Based on extensive archival material, used to forward new arguments about Ercole and about the nature of patronage in the Renaissance
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"A thorough gazetteer of churches and of urban and country palaces, as well as an extensive critical apparatus including annotated transcriptions of primary documents, make this beautifully produced study a valuable reference tool for those investigating the dynamics and goals of cultural patronage in the Italian Renaissance." K.V. Gouwens, Choice
"Tuohy's voluminous and well-illustrated book is the first research specifically devoted to an assessment of Ercole d'Estw's direct involvement in the archtectural reorganization of late fifteenth-century Ferrara, an impressive series of projects whose final outcome brought into being what Jacob Burckhardt described as the first really modern city in Europe." Stefano Ugo Baldassari, Sixteenth Century Journal
"Tuohy has constructed a uniquely rich and authentic picture of one Italian court city." David Friedman, American Historical Review
"...solidly based on new and thorough archival scholarship...." Werner Gundersheimer, Speculum
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Product details
- Date Published: August 2002
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521522632
- length: 568 pages
- dimensions: 234 x 194 x 30 mm
- weight: 1kg
- contains: 60 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of illustrations
Preface
1. The d'Este of Ferrara
2. The Estense inheritance
3. The ducal palace
4. The ducal capital
5. Court errant: the itinerant court
6. Princely piety
7. The decoration and furnishing of palaces
8. The ephemera of magnificence
9. As the duke commands
Gazetteer
Plans and genealogical table
Abbreviations and the currency of Ferrara
Sources
Inventory of registers of the camera ducale
Bibliography
Appendices.
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Thomas Tuohy