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Book SynopsisPirro Ligorio’s Worlds brings renowned Ligorio specialists into conversation with emerging young scholars, on various aspects of the artistic, antiquarian and intellectual production of one of the most fascinating and learned antiquaries in the prestigious entourage of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese. The book takes a more nuanced approach to the complex topic of Ligorio’s ‘forgeries’, investigating them in relation to previously neglected aspects of his life and work.
Trade Review"This well-written and aesthetically pleasing volume presents an excellent image of a previously often misunderstood artist and creates understanding for the passion he and his contemporaries felt for the restoration of the Roman Empire in a Christian direction." (translated from Swedish) Kari Lawe, Swedish institute in Rome, in ‘Kyrkohistorisk Årsskrift’ pp. 159-161
Table of ContentsPreface Anthony Grafton List of Figures Introduction: Pirro Ligorio’s Worlds, or, an Invitation to Navigate the Boundaries of Truth Fernando Loffredo and Ginette Vagenheim Pirro Ligorio versus Philology 1 Pirro Ligorio’s Antiquarian Philology Robert W. Gaston 2 Editing Ligorio’s Epigraphic Manuscripts: New Discoveries and New Issues Silvia Orlandi 3 The Epigraphical Forgeries in the Construction of Pirro Ligorio’s Libro XXXIX on Roman Antiquities Nicoletta Balistreri 4 Drawing Circles: Pirro Ligorio’s Working Methods as Evidenced in His Numismatic Manuscripts Sarah E. Cox Pirro Ligorio and the Ancient World 5 Pirro Ligorio’s Evidence for the Cult of Jupiter Dolichenus in Rome and Religious Life at the Barracks Blair Fowlkes-Childs 6 Pirro Ligorio and Sicilian Antiquities: Indifference or an Unwitting “Short Circuit”? Federico Rausa 7 Looking for Sirens: Ancient Sites in Naples According to Pirro Ligorio Anna Schreurs-Morét Pirro Ligorio and the Renaissance Villa 8 Pirro Ligorio’s Casino of Pius IV Reconsidered, or, Why People Love Ligorio’s Buildings Arnold Nesselrath 9 Pirro Ligorio and St Peter’s Basilica: More on the Historical-Christian Investigations and on a Medieval “Reuse” in the Casino of Pius IV Carmelo Occhipinti 10 The Villa d’Este at Tivoli and Its Gardens in Marc-Antoine Muret’s Tivoli Cycle of Poems and Uberto Foglietta’s Tyburtinum George Hugo Tucker Pirro Ligorio and the Visual Arts 11 Pirro Ligorio’s Oxford Album Ian Campbell 12 In the Shadow of Polidoro da Caravaggio: Pirro Ligorio as a Draftsman Ginette Vagenheim 13 “Pirro Ligorio Neapolitan Painter,” 1534–1549 (With a New Addition on His Late Activity as an Architect) Patrizia Tosini 14 Pirro Ligorio and Sculpture, or, on the Reproducibility of Antiquity Fernando Loffredo Conclusions Marcello Fagiolo (with an appendix by Fabio Colonnese) Bibliography Index of Ancient Names Index of Modern Authors Index of Topography Index of Inscriptions
