Imago triumphalis

Titel: Imago triumphalis : the function and significance of triumphal imagery for Italian Renaissance rulers / Margaret Ann Zaho
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Veröffentlicht: New York ˜[u.a.]œ : Lang, 2004
Umfang: X, 143 S.
Format: E-Book
Sprache: Englisch
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mehrbändiges Werk:
Renaissance and baroque ; 31
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Vorliegende Ausgabe: Online-Ausg.: 2005. - Online-Ressource.
ISBN: 0820480711 (Sekundärausgabe) ; 9780820480718 (Sekundärausgabe)

Independent scholar Zaho examines how rulers in fifteenth-century Italy used the artistic motif of the Roman triumph for self-aggrandizement and personal expression. She begins by revealing the classical origins of the motif and then discusses its reinvention during the Middle Ages, when it was invested with religious significance. The remainder of