Power Made Visible: Pope Sixtus IV as Urbis Restaurator in Quattrocento Rome

Blondin, Jill Elizabeth

doi:10.1353/cat.2005.0086

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“…Possiamo vedere un precedente a questo atteggiamento nella donazione al popolo di Roma delle statue bronzee del Laterano da parte di Sisto IV, collocate in Campidoglio, accanto alla sede del governo municipale. Come a Civita Castellana, le antichità servivano, anche in questo caso, a mantenere un buon rapporto tra il papato e le autorità locali, sottolineando il ruolo del Papa come Urbis Restaurator (Blondin, 2005).…”

Section: Il Monumento I Borgia E L'uso Del Mondo Anticounclassified

DALLA PORTA BORGIANA (CIVITA CASTELLANA, VITERBO) AL MAUSOLEO DI PUBLIO GLIZIO: ANALISI DELLA SPOLIAZIONE E DEL REIMPIEGO DI UN MONUMENTO FUNERARIO ROMANO

Martín-Esperanza¹,

Pizzo²

2023

Pap. Br. Sch. Rome

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La Porta Borgiana di Civita Castellana (Viterbo, Italia), eretta alla fine del XV secolo in onore del cardinale Rodrigo Borgia, venne costruita grazie allo smantellamento di un monumento funerario romano, dal quale venne estratto un insieme di materiali marmorei per decorare l'arco. L'iscrizione sulla porta chiarisce l'origine di tali pezzi, i quali appartenevano alla tomba di Publius Glitius, uno dei protagonisti della congiura di Pisone. Sulla base dello studio dei materiali, spoliati e riutilizzati nella Porta Borgiana e in altri siti del comune di Civita Castellana, nei pressi della città di Falerii Novi, presentiamo un approccio al monumento funerario in questione, fornendo nuovi dati sull'identificazione del personaggio e sulla possibile ubicazione della tomba. Allo stesso tempo, l'analisi della costruzione della Porta Borgiana ha permesso di metterla in relazione con la propaganda politico-ideologica di Rodrigo Borgia, basata, in parte, sull'uso dell'antichità classica, quale strumento di legittimazione dinastica e territoriale.

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Section: Il Monumento I Borgia E L'uso Del Mondo Anticounclassified

DALLA PORTA BORGIANA (CIVITA CASTELLANA, VITERBO) AL MAUSOLEO DI PUBLIO GLIZIO: ANALISI DELLA SPOLIAZIONE E DEL REIMPIEGO DI UN MONUMENTO FUNERARIO ROMANO

Martín-Esperanza¹,

Pizzo²

2023

Pap. Br. Sch. Rome

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“…It was 'the pope's street,' the historical route that the pontiff traversed after being elected, in the observance of the 'possesso,' and during ceremonies relating to the display of relics, official visits, and his general movement through the city. [89] In 1480, Sixtus IV imposed legislation that allowed the expropriation of private property for the public good and the demolition of porticoes. [90] As we have seen, not all of the porticoes in the city were demolished at this time.…”

Section: Renaissance Rome: the Beginning Of The End Of Medieval Resid...mentioning

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Housing the Butcher, the Baker, and the Candlestick Maker: The Cultural Significance of Residential Façade Porticoes in Medieval Rome

Anders

2023

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It is not well known that residential façade porticoes were once an essential part of Rome's medieval urban landscape. The distinct architectural feature immediately conjures images of Italian cities such as Bologna and Padua, where many of these buildings have been preserved to the present day. From the eleventh to the fifteenth century, porticoes were part of the daily life of merchants in the center of Rome as they were in countless others throughout Europe.[2] They served as a privileged place of mercantile activity and, as such, were a preferred building type of the era. They framed the socio-political values of the period ascribed to the concept of work at all levels of society, from the civic to the domestic realm.[3] They served as the threshold where public and private spheres interacted. [4] The existing remnants of medieval façade porticoes identified in this study owe their longevity to the penchant for frugality employed in Rome's building industry. As a result of centuries of thriftiness, many of Rome's medieval residential façade porticoes continue to exist today, albeit immured, serving as the foundation for buildings that have been enlarged or constructed in later periods. Recent archaeological discoveries have revealed that medieval porticoes have secretly resided for centuries behind the façade of famous buildings such as Palazzo Farnese and Palazzo Alberteschi, to name a few. Both are situated less than a mile apart on the western side of the street, along the present-day Piazza Farnese, and Via Capo di Ferro.[5] The thoroughfare also includes the medieval cluster of thirteenth-century houses referred to as the Case di S. Paolo (Via di S. Paolo alla Regola and Via di Santa Maria in Monticelli) documented in this study. Saint Bridget of Sweden's home (Via di Monserrato), where the saint is known to have lived from 1354-1373, was also located on this street and was noted as having a portico.[6] The house was situated at the present location of the Casa di Santa Brigida on the corner of Piazza Farnese but was rebuilt over the following centuries. Together these buildings paint a picture of a lively commercial street in the heart of Rome, where porticoes were a recurring architectural feature from the Ponte S. Angelo to Tiber Island. Anna Modigliani's studies of Rome's markets, shops, and commercial spaces from the late Middle Ages to the modern era provide further evidence that this area was home to many merchants and artisans.[7] These members of Rome's working class are noted in archival sources as often renting or owning two-storied buildings with shops on the ground floor fronted by a portico with living spaces above (casa-bottega / house-shop). They once served as retail space for a broad spectrum of commercial activities. They were occupied by cobblers, spice merchants, butchers, barbers, bakers, textile vendors, and apothecaries, to name a few.

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“…10 See Muecke 2007. 11 For this aspect of Sixtus' papacy see Blondin 2005;Miglio et al 1986.;Benzi 1990;and Benzi et al 2000. 12 Verg.…”

Section: Revivalmentioning

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The Origins of Rome in the Renaissance

de Beer

2021

Inventing Origins? Aetiological Thinking in Greek and Roman Antiquity

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Power Made Visible: Pope Sixtus IV as Urbis Restaurator in Quattrocento Rome

Cited by 22 publications

References 11 publications

DALLA PORTA BORGIANA (CIVITA CASTELLANA, VITERBO) AL MAUSOLEO DI PUBLIO GLIZIO: ANALISI DELLA SPOLIAZIONE E DEL REIMPIEGO DI UN MONUMENTO FUNERARIO ROMANO

DALLA PORTA BORGIANA (CIVITA CASTELLANA, VITERBO) AL MAUSOLEO DI PUBLIO GLIZIO: ANALISI DELLA SPOLIAZIONE E DEL REIMPIEGO DI UN MONUMENTO FUNERARIO ROMANO

Housing the Butcher, the Baker, and the Candlestick Maker: The Cultural Significance of Residential Façade Porticoes in Medieval Rome

The Origins of Rome in the Renaissance

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