An Exercise of Style and Power

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_19229
dc.contributor.author	Dindar Sandes
dc.title	An Exercise of Style and Power. Hans Holbein the Younger and the Painted Facade of the Hertenstein House in Lucerne (1517)
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	The exercise of power through art will be presented with the case of the Hertenstein house in Lucerne (Switzerland), whose decoration was destroyed in 1825. Owner and patron Jakob von Hertenstein (1460-1527) asserted his authority in the city with signs of prestige. The facade’s exterior embellishment, done by Hans Holbein the Younger, is based on a complex set of visual means underpinned by political rhetoric (exempla, Gesta romanorum, heraldry). Faux architecture builds rapport and expresses the owner’s ethics. Hertenstein linked himself to Caesar’s grandeur with a variation on Mantegna’s Triumphs of Caesar, painted for the Marquis of Mantua.
dc.relation.ispartof	Quaderni di Venezia Arti
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2023-12-22
dc.dateAccepted	2023-10-30
dc.dateSubmitted	2023-09-17
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-771-5/an-exercise-of-style-and-power/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-771-5/009
dc.identifier.eissn	2784-8868
dc.identifier.isbn
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-771-5
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Holbein
dc.subject	Lucerne
dc.subject	Painted facade
dc.subject	Power
dc.subject	Rhetoric

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An Exercise of Style and Power

Hans Holbein the Younger and the Painted Facade of the Hertenstein House in Lucerne (1517)

Sandes Dindar SNSF project “la Ville Ornée” – Université de Fribourg, Suisse

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The exercise of power through art will be presented with the case of the Hertenstein house in Lucerne (Switzerland), whose decoration was destroyed in 1825. Owner and patron Jakob von Hertenstein (1460-1527) asserted his authority in the city with signs of prestige. The facade’s exterior embellishment, done by Hans Holbein the Younger, is based on a complex set of visual means underpinned by political rhetoric (exempla, Gesta romanorum, heraldry). Faux architecture builds rapport and expresses the owner’s ethics. Hertenstein linked himself to Caesar’s grandeur with a variation on Mantegna’s Triumphs of Caesar, painted for the Marquis of Mantua.

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Dec. 22, 2023

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Oct. 30, 2023

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Sept. 17, 2023

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978-88-6969-771-5

Keywords: Painted facade • Lucerne • Rhetoric • Holbein • Power

permalink: http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-771-5/009

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