Cultural Links Between Portugal and Italy in the Renaissance

Cultural links between Portugal and Italy, the two most innovative and influential European areas during the Renaissance, have never been systematically explored. In this unique and lavishly illustrated collection of essays, contributors map the cultural interconnections, exchanges, and influences between these two nations. Cultural Contacts Between Portugal And Italy, The Two Most Innovative European Areas In The Fifteenth And Sixteenth Centuries, Have Never Been Systematically Explored. Both Were To Influence The Whole World For The Next Five Hundred Years: Portugal By Its Voyages Of Discovery And Establishment Of A World Empire, And Italy By Its Reworking Of The Classical Tradition And The Rebirth Of Its Arts. This Book Maps The Cultural Interconnections, Exchanges, And Influences Between The Two, Their Individual Chronologies And Priorities, Similarities And Differences. The Volume's Three Great Strengths Are Originality, Interdisciplinarity (it Covers Art History, History, Language, And Literature), And Internationality.--jacket. 1. Understanding Cultural Exchange Between Portugal And Italy In The Renaissance / Kate Lowe -- I. Social And Institutional Relations. 2. Venetian Perceptions Of Portugal C.1500. Appendix. Lunardo Masser's Description Of Portugal (1504-6) / D.s. Chambers. 3. The Marriage Of Alessandro Farnese And D. Maria Of Portugal In 1565: Court Life In Lisbon And Parma / Giuseppe Bertini. 4. The Interaction Of The Portuguese And Italian Churches In The Counter-reformation / A.d. Wright -- Ii. Art And Literature. 5. The Italian Contribution To Sixteenth-century Portuguese Architecture, Military And Civil / J.b. Bury. 6. Italian Influences On Portuguese Painting In The First Half Of The Sixteenth Century / Dalila Rodrigues. Edited By K.j.p. Lowe. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. xviii, 329 p. : 29 cm Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-319) and index