Print and Pageantry in Baroque Rome
Printed descriptions of ceremonies, festivities, and pageants were a growth sector of publishing in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Giving particular attention to the publishing format of such works, this article analyzes 110 examples produced in Rome between 1623 and 1655. The vast majorit...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1998
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1998, Volume: 29, Issue: 2, Pages: 439-464 |
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| Summary: | Printed descriptions of ceremonies, festivities, and pageants were a growth sector of publishing in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Giving particular attention to the publishing format of such works, this article analyzes 110 examples produced in Rome between 1623 and 1655. The vast majority are quarto pamphlets of no more than sixteen pages. Political, devotional, and commercial motives were driving this type of publication, which participated in the general increase of cheap printed subbook genres in the seventeenth century. In Baroque Rome ceremonial publications reflected the responsiveness of Catholic monarchs and religious orders to the new possibilities of cheap print as well as the growing commodification of news in these decades. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2544525 |