Full Description
Patterns of Patronage in Renaissance Rome is the first full-length study of the life and works of Francesco Sperulo of Camerino (1463-1531). In a remarkable career during which the poet progressed from serving as a soldier of fortune in the service of Cesare Borgia to an Italian bishopric, Sperulo produced a significant body of Latin poetry, here presented in a critical edition for the first time. An impressive array of contemporary figures including Leonardo da Vinci, Isabella d'Este, Raphael and Baldassare Castiglione appear in his verse. By placing his work within the larger historical, literary, political and social context, this study, published in two volumes, sheds light on the role played by neo-Latin poetry at the papal court and documents the impact of classical culture in Rome during the period usually referred to as «the High Renaissance».
Contents
Contents: Volume I: Francesco Sperulo: Poet, Prelate, Soldier, Spy - Sperulo's People, Biography of a Network - The Golden Age Restored: Literary Patronage in Renaissance Rome - The Poet and «the Prince»: Francesco Sperulo and Cesare Borgia - The Poet and «the Prince of Painters»: Building the Villa Medici - Sperulo on Love: Elegies and Hymns - Bishop of San Leone: Two Orations for Pope Clement VII - Sed durus hic et sui iudicii ubique: Sperulo and Imitatio - Volume II: Texts, Translations and Commentaries - Francesco Sperulo and Cesare Borgia - Building the Villa Medici - Elegies and Hymns - Two Orations for Pope Clement VII - Miscellaneous Works - Catalogue of Manuscripts.
