Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-280) and index. Published by Liverpool University Press on behalf of the Voltaire Foundation, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Contents:
The marbles and the modelli of Mafra : John V and the taste for Italian baroque sculpture / Iris Haist. Beyond policy : shaping the image of John V of Portugal in Rome / David Martín Marcos -- Politics, spectacle and propaganda : the political use of patronage and the press by John V's representatives in Rome during the first half of the eighteenth century / Marília de Azambuja Ribeiro -- 'S'unisca il Tago al Tebro, il Tebro al Tago' : the politics of Portuguese patronage in Alessandro Scarlatti's La Virtù negli amori / Danielle Kuntz -- The accademia del Portogallo : emulation and strategy in the papal city / Pilar Diez del Corral Corredoira -- Music, ceremonial and architectural spaces in the patriarchal church of King John V : the remaking of Roman models / Cristina Fernandes -- Antonio Tedeschi, 'Sanctæ Patriarchalis Ecclesiæ Regius Cantor' : an Italian musician at the court of John V / Fernando Miguel M. Jalôto -- Rethinking the artistic policy of King John V of Portugal and Queen Maria Anna of Habsburg : architecture and opera theatre / Giuseppina Raggi -- The marbles and the modelli of Mafra : John V and the taste for Italian baroque sculpture / Iris Haist.
Summary:
"Dealing with a complex king, this edited collection elucidates a monarch's vision of Rome that deeply affected his political choices and cultural policy during the first half of the eighteenth century. John V of Portugal became king in 1707 in a pivotal moment for the European balance of power. The kingdom of Portugal was still demanding the same privileges as its powerful neighbours, and the relation with Rome was considered a vehicle to obtain them. The arts and music had a special and unprecedented place in the king's plans, and this book approaches that dynamic from several interdisciplinary perspectives. The unifying thread across this book's articles remains the omnipresence of Rome as a paradigm on several levels : political, religious, intellectual, artistic and musical. Rather than providing an exhaustive analysis of the period as a whole, this study offers a fresh approach for English readers to this classic, but little-known, topic in Portuguese national historiography"--Back cover.
Series:
Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment, 0435-2866 ; 2019:10
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