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Conference Paper: African Ambassadors in the Frescoes of the Quirinal Palace
Title | African Ambassadors in the Frescoes of the Quirinal Palace |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 2012 |
Publisher | The Renaissance Society of America (RSA). |
Citation | The 2012 Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America (RSA), Washington, DC., 22–24 March 2012. In Program and Abstract Book, 2012, p. 255 How to Cite? |
Abstract | In 1615, Pope Paul V intervened in the redecoration of the newly expanded papal
palace on the Quirinal. The pope made changes to the projected fresco decorations
of one of the palace’s major ceremonial sale — specifi cally, he ordered the prominent
depiction of non-European ambassadors in the room’s decorative scheme. The
iconography of exotic ambassadors coming to pay homage to the pope in the
context of a suite used for audiences and diplomatic receptions would become a
prominent motif in Baroque art, and a crucial component of European sovereign’s
claims to global authority (most prominently, in the Escalier des Ambassadeurs
in Versailles). This paper focuses on the frescoes’ depictions of Africans — which
celebrate diplomatic contacts with Ethiopa and Kongo — and examines them in
the context of diplomatic rituals, traditions of representing “exotic” foreigners in the
papal court, and of the papacy’s developing diplomatic and missionary concerns in
the 1610s. |
Description | Session: Representations of Africans and Asians in European Art II |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/191123 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Mansour, ON | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-17T16:17:12Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2013-09-17T16:17:12Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | The 2012 Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America (RSA), Washington, DC., 22–24 March 2012. In Program and Abstract Book, 2012, p. 255 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/191123 | - |
dc.description | Session: Representations of Africans and Asians in European Art II | - |
dc.description.abstract | In 1615, Pope Paul V intervened in the redecoration of the newly expanded papal palace on the Quirinal. The pope made changes to the projected fresco decorations of one of the palace’s major ceremonial sale — specifi cally, he ordered the prominent depiction of non-European ambassadors in the room’s decorative scheme. The iconography of exotic ambassadors coming to pay homage to the pope in the context of a suite used for audiences and diplomatic receptions would become a prominent motif in Baroque art, and a crucial component of European sovereign’s claims to global authority (most prominently, in the Escalier des Ambassadeurs in Versailles). This paper focuses on the frescoes’ depictions of Africans — which celebrate diplomatic contacts with Ethiopa and Kongo — and examines them in the context of diplomatic rituals, traditions of representing “exotic” foreigners in the papal court, and of the papacy’s developing diplomatic and missionary concerns in the 1610s. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | The Renaissance Society of America (RSA). | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America, RSA 2012 | en_US |
dc.title | African Ambassadors in the Frescoes of the Quirinal Palace | en_US |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Mansour, ON: omansour@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Mansour, ON=rp01560 | en_US |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 221706 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 255 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 255 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |