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Between the Real and the Ideal
The Accademia Degli Arcadi and Its Garden in Eighteenth-century Rome
Susan M. Dixon
This book examines the Accademia degli Arcadi in its heyday, a little known phenomenon in Italian history in the first part of the eighteenth century. The Roman academy aimed for a peninsula-wide cultural renewal induced by literary reform. Operating within a papal court society, it eschewed extant patronage systems and social hierarchies and introduced enlightened ideas to its members. By about 1730, the Arcadi was on the wane, the reform largely unmet. It was an easy target for critics, both its proponents and opponents, in part because of the visible role it assigned to women. By attending to the institution's policies, this book provides a rich understanding of the Arcadi's goals. It locates the organization's interest in theater, including the physical environment of the theatrical drama, as central to its operations. It is argued that, like a stage set, the Bosco Parrasio, the garden that the Arcadi built for its literary presentations, is a visual manifestation of Arcadian goals.
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Author
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University Press Copublishing Division / University of Delaware Press
Pages: 156 Trim: 9 x 11½
978-1-61149-289-7 • Hardback • October 2006 •
$94.00
• (£72.00)
Series:
Studies in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth- Century Art and Culture
Subjects:
History / Reference
Susan M. Dixon
is assistant professor of art history at the University of Tulsa.
Between the Real and the Ideal
The Accademia Degli Arcadi and Its Garden in Eighteenth-century Rome
Hardback
$94.00
Summary
Summary
This book examines the Accademia degli Arcadi in its heyday, a little known phenomenon in Italian history in the first part of the eighteenth century. The Roman academy aimed for a peninsula-wide cultural renewal induced by literary reform. Operating within a papal court society, it eschewed extant patronage systems and social hierarchies and introduced enlightened ideas to its members. By about 1730, the Arcadi was on the wane, the reform largely unmet. It was an easy target for critics, both its proponents and opponents, in part because of the visible role it assigned to women. By attending to the institution's policies, this book provides a rich understanding of the Arcadi's goals. It locates the organization's interest in theater, including the physical environment of the theatrical drama, as central to its operations. It is argued that, like a stage set, the Bosco Parrasio, the garden that the Arcadi built for its literary presentations, is a visual manifestation of Arcadian goals.
Details
Details
University Press Copublishing Division / University of Delaware Press
Pages: 156 Trim: 9 x 11½
978-1-61149-289-7 • Hardback • October 2006 •
$94.00
• (£72.00)
Series:
Studies in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth- Century Art and Culture
Subjects:
History / Reference
Author
Author
Susan M. Dixon
is assistant professor of art history at the University of Tulsa.
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