Leone Leoni and the Status of the Artist at the End of the Renaissance
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art historical research
artist social mobility
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Equestrian Monument
Farnese Hercules
Galley Slave
Gold Cup
Juana De Austria
Leoni's Collection
Leoni's Father
Leoni's House
Leoni’s Collection
Leoni’s Father
Leoni’s House
Luca Contile
Marcus Aurelius
noble identity construction
Nocera Inferiore
Paul III
Philip III
Pinacoteca Ambrosiana
Pope Paul III
Renaissance sculpture
sixteenth-century Italy
social status of Renaissance artists
Spanish Royal Collections
Stoa Poikile
Terminal Figures
Young Man
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- ISBN 9780754662341
- Weight: 839g
- Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 28 Dec 2010
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The late Renaissance sculptor Leone Leoni (1509-1590) came from modest beginnings, but died as a nobleman and knight. His remarkable leap in status from his humble birth to a stonemason's family, to his time as a galley slave, to living as a nobleman and courtier in Milan provide a specific case study of an artist's struggle and triumph over existing social structures that marginalized the Renaissance artist. Based on a wealth of discoveries in archival documents, correspondence, and contemporary literature, the author examines the strategies Leoni employed to achieve his high social position, such as the friendships he formed, the type of education he sought out, the artistic imagery he employed, and the aristocratic trappings he donned. Leoni's multiple roles (imperial sculptor, aristocrat, man of erudition, and criminal), the visual manifestations of these roles in his house, collection, and tomb, the form and meaning of the artistic commissions he undertook, and the particular successes he enjoyed are here situated within the complex political, social and economic contexts of northern Italy and the Spanish court in the sixteenth century.
Kelley Helmstutler Di Dio (PhD, Rutgers University, 2000) is an Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Vermont, USA
