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ETERNAL EPHEMERA: THE PAPAL POSSESSO AND ITS LEGACIES IN EARLY MODERN ROME Edited by Jennifer Mara DeSilva and Pascale Rihouet Eternal Ephemera is the first book dedicated to the visual culture and history of the possesso. This post-election procession led the pope from the Vatican to the Lateran, where he took solemn possession of his diocese as bishop of Rome. In this collection, six essays symbiotically expose the long-lasting ramifications of possessi in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Rome. This triumphant parade affected architecture and urbanism, triggered new art forms (prints of the cavalcade or arches and chiaroscuro painting), and connected ephemera with the popular demand for moral economy. This volume innovatively shows the artistic and architectural legacy of the ephemeral in the Eternal City.
Table of Contents Introduction: Defining the Possesso and its Legacies Pascale Rihouet Architecture and Urbanism 1. Echoes of the Emperors: The Possesso’s Ephemera and the Roman Forum (1536 –1656) Jasmine R. Cloud 2. Possesso as Master Plan? Reading the Processional Route as Paul III’s Urban Manifesto Antonella De Michelis New Art Forms 3. Triumphal Chiaroscuro Painting during the Reign of Julius II Patricia L. Reilly 4. Giovanni Guerra’s Order of the Cavalcade (1589) and the Birth of Possesso Prints in Sixtus V’s Rome Pascale Rihouet Ephemera and the Moral Economy 5. Episcopal Charity and Princely Liberality: Leo X’s Household and his Possesso (1513) Jennifer Mara DeSilva 6. The Possesso and the Moral Economy of Baroque Rome, 1590–1655 John Hunt
Pp. 304 + 52 ill. | $49.95 ISBN 978-0-7727-2520-2 To pre-order visit
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From fine-grained art historical analyses that reveal the importance of artistic ephemera for permanent monuments to archival investigations that shed conside-rable light on the moral economy of the Eternal City, each study in this volume demonstrates the extent to which the possesso was both a bellwether of the papacy it introduced and an indicator of change. ELENA CALVILLO, University of Richmond Eyeing the ritual turn, this lively volume tracks the pope’s ceremonious installation as Rome’s own bishop. It surveys urban layout, ephemeral architecture, commemorations by word and image, social participation, and eager commentary on the pomp that pitched papal self-promotion against Rome’s lively moral economy. THOMAS V. COHEN, York University In these essays, political power and conflict reanimate the streets of papal Rome with their decorations, officials on horseback, scripted public ceremony, and ritual challenges to order. Through close examination of the prints, inscriptions, urban spaces, and other records of the spectacle with which power was transferred from one pope to another, we better understand the development of the city as well as forms of art, labour, and communication in the early modern world. EVELYN LINCOLN, Brown University
ETERNAL EPHEMERA: THE PAPAL POSSESSO AND ITS LEGACIES IN EARLY MODERN ROME Edited by Jennifer Mara DeSilva and Pascale Rihouet
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