Palaces of Reason

Name: Palaces of Reason
Brand: Pennsylvania State University Press
SKU: 9780271095219
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The Royal Residences of Bourbon Naples

Autor: Robin L. (PSU) Thomas

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Wydawca: Pennsylvania State University Press

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Palaces of Reason traces the fascinating history of three royal residences built outside of Naples i...

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Autor

Robin L. (PSU) Thomas

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Twarda

Data wydania

2023

strony

224

EAN

9780271095219

Enbook ID

43107888

Wydawca

Pennsylvania State University Press

Waga

214

Wymiary

203 x 254 x 22

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Palaces of Reason traces the fascinating history of three royal residences built outside of Naples in the eighteenth century at Capodimonte, Portici, and Caserta. Commissioned by King Charles of Bourbon and Queen Maria Amalia of Saxony, who reigned over the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, these buildings were far more than residences for the monarchs. They were designed to help reshape the economic and cultural fortunes of the realm. The palaces at Capodimonte, Portici, and Caserta are among the most complex architectural commissions of the eighteenth century. Considering the architecture and decoration of these complexes within their political, cultural, and economic contexts, Robin L. Thomas argues that Enlightenment ideas spurred their construction and influenced their decoration. These modes of thinking saw the palaces as more than just centers of royal pleasure or muscular assertions of the crown’s power. Indeed, writers and royal ministers viewed them as active agents in improving the cultural, political, social, and economic health of the kingdom. By casting the palaces within this narrative, Thomas counters the assumption that they were imitations of Versailles and the swan songs of absolutism, while expanding our understanding of the eighteenth-century European palace more broadly. Original and convincing, Thomas’s book will be of interest to historians of art and architectural history and eighteenth-century studies.

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