Politics, Piety, and Art, 1450-1700. Hollingsworth & Richardson. Hardcover with dust jacket. 441 pages. Black and white photos and a color photo section in the center of the book. Weighs 1,515 grams.
€40. Like new condition.
Don’t think of this as a list of things a cardinal can buy; think of this as a study of who commissioned what and why.
They spent considerable time, money, and effort on making the best collections of art and antiquities. Some commissioned artworks in churches that advertised their monastic or national connections, while others took Rome and the papacy abroad to enrich their own cities and countries.
The new research represented by the sixteen case studies in this book reveals how cardinals used their vulnerable position and spent their often substantial wealth on personal and religious interests. As a result, the tensions inherent in their position between the spiritual and the worldly are underscored.
A good looking and very insightful book!
Review: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/658601?seq=1
Another Review: https://www.academia.edu/7692942/The_Possessions_of_a_Cardinal_eds_Mary_Hollingsworth_and_Carol_M_Richardson_2010_review_
