Beyond the Palio
Urbanism and Ritual in Renaissance Siena
Renaissance Studies Special Issues
1. Auflage September 2006
160 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Beyond the Palio is an interdisciplinary collection of
essays examining the components and importance of ritual events and
ceremonies in Renaissance Siena.
* Brings together studies based upon diverse disciplinary and
methodological approaches to a common theme.
* Provides specific case studies and useful comparisons to
well-known monographic studies of ritual in Florence and
Venice.
* Concentrates on a single city to emphasize the important
function of public rituals to life during the early modern
period.
* Looks at both local ritual life and the ways it was presented
to and viewed by those outside the city.
Renaissance Siena: Philippa Jackson and Fabrizio Nevola.
2. 'Sotto uno Baldachino Trionfale': the Ritual
Significance of the Painted Canopy in Simone Martini's
Maestà: Diana Norman.
3. Enter the Emperor: Charles IV and Siena between Politics,
Diplomacy and Ritual (1355 and 1368): Gerrit Schenk.
4. Altars on the Street: The Arte della Lana, the Carmelites and
the Feast of Corpus Domini in Siena 1356-1456: Machtelt
Israëls.
5. Ritual Geography: Housing the Papal Court of Pius II
Piccolomini in Siena (1459-60): Fabrizio Nevola.
6. Peace-making Rituals in Fifteenth-Century Siena: Christine
Shaw.
7. Pomp or Piety? The Funeral of Pandolfo Petrucci: Philippa
Jackson.
8. The Rise of the New Civic Ritual of the Immaculate Conception
of the Virgin in 16th Century Siena: Mauro Mussolin.
papers. It is well illustrated." (The Journals of Early Modern
Studies, Summer 2010)
"This book is the first modern collection of essays in English to
look at civic ritual in the city of Siena and it presents a
refreshingly theorized approach to how the Sienese used public
performances and the collective memories of space and history to
structure the urban polity. The volume is a watershed
accomplishment, marking - finally - a renaissance of scholarly
interest and debate on this fascinating city. One could not have
asked for a more coherent, engaged, and informed group of essays to
rekindle interest in Siena among both the academic community and
the public at large." John T. Paoletti, Kenan Professor of the
Humanities, Art and Art History Department, Wesleyan University
Institute in London on the patronage of Pandolfo Petrucci, the
leading citizen of the Sienese republic at the beginning of the
sixteenth century. She has written on the cult of Mary Magdalen
under his regime and is currently preparing a book entitled
Pandolfo Petrucci: Politics and Patronage in Renaissance
Siena. Her major interests are in Renaissance cultural history
and cardinals of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth
centuries.
Fabrizio Nevola teaches at the Università degli
Studi di Siena. He has held fellowships at the Canadian Centre for
Architecture (Montreal) and Villa I Tatti, The Harvard University
Center for Italian Renaissance Studies (Florence) and was AHRB
Research Fellow at the University of Warwick (2001-4). His research
focus is on the architectural and urban history of Renaissance
Siena. He has published numerous articles (e.g. Art
Bulletin, 2000 and Renaissance Studies, 2003) and has a
book forthcoming entitled Architecture and Government in
Renaissance Siena: Fashioning Urban Experience (1400-1555).