MONTEFELTRO

mōntāfĕlˈtrō, Italian noble family. Its members were noted patrons of art and traditionally opposed the papacy in the struggle between Guelphs and Ghibellines. The county of Montefeltro (created c.1154) included parts of Romagna, the Marches, and San Marino. Oddantonio Montefeltro (d. 1444) was the first Montefeltro duke of Urbino. His successor, Federico da Montefeltro, 1422–82, was prominent in Italian politics and gathered an outstanding art collection. His portrait (Uffizi Gall.) was painted by Piero della Francesca. Federico's son, Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, 1472–1508, lost and regained (1502–3) the duchy from Cesare Borgia. Guidobaldo's court was a center of Renaissance culture, and he provided the model for The Courtier of Baldassare Castiglione.

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books on: Montefeltro  - 279 results

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Concise Dictionary of Proper Names and Notable Matters in the Works of Dante
Book by Paget Toynbee; Clarendon Press, 1914
Subjects: Dante Alighieri--1265-1321--Dictionaries, Indexes, Etc
...Montefeltrano, Guido . Guido Montefeltrano . Montefeltro, small mountainous district situated...Purg. iv. 25 , which was once called Montefeltro, the name being thence transferred...Urbino Romagna . Among the Counts of Montefeltro were the famous Guido da Montefeltro...
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Alessandro Vittoria and the Portrait Bust in Renaissance Venice: Remodelling Antiquity
Book by Thomas Martin; Oxford University, 1998
Subjects: Busts, Renaissance--Italy--Venice, Classicism In Art--Italy--Venice, Vittoria, Alessandro--1524-1608--Criticism And Interpretation
...make the figures for the altar in the Montefeltro chapel in S. Francesco della Vigna...had frescoed the ceiling. Niccolo da Montefeltro died in 1397, leaving 2,000 ducats...mid- sixteenth-centuryVenice, the Montefeltro altar features statues of Sts Roch...
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The Regions of Italy: A Reference Guide to History and Culture
Book by Roy Domenico; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: Italy--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc
...in the twelfth century to the Counts of Montefeltro. During the rules of Federigo da Montefeltro 1444 1482 and his son, Guidubaldo 1482...glittering Renaissance courts. Early on, the Montefeltro had been notorious Ghibellines and maintained...
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All the Paintings of Piero Della Francesca
Book by Piero Bianconi, Paul Colacicchi, Piero Della Francesca; Hawthorn Books, 1962
Subjects: Piero--Della Francesca--1416?-1492
...Landscape. Plate 146 PORTRAIT OF FEDERICO OF MONTEFELTRO, detail. Landscape. Plate 147 PORTRAIT OF FEDERICO OF MONTEFELTRO, detail. The Dukes profile. Plate 148 TRIUMPH OF FEDERICO OF MONTEFELTRO. Crowned by Victory, the Duke sits in his...
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Piero Della Francesca
Book by Kenneth Clark; Phaidon, 1951
Subjects: Piero--Della Francesca--1416?-1492
...Francesca: Profile of Federigo da Montefeltro. Detail from Plate 104. Florence, Uffizi. 59. Sperandio: Federigo da Montefeltro . Obverse of a Medal. 60. Piero della Francesca: Federigo da Montefeltro . Detail from Plate 140. Milan...
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Francesco Di Simone Ferrucci: Itinerari Di Uno Scultore Fiorentino Fra Toscana, Romagna E Montefeltro
Journal article by Joanne G. Bernstein; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 61, 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Francesco di Simone Ferrucci: Itinerari di uno scultore fiorentino fra Toscana, Romagna e Montefeltro (Book)--Book reviews
...Itinerari Di Uno Scultore Fiorentino Fra Toscana, Romagna E Montefeltro. by JoAnne G. Bernstein Linda Pisani. Francesco di Simone...Itinerari di uno scultore fiorentino fra Toscana, Romagna e Montefeltro. Fondazione Carlo Marchi. Studi 21. Florence: Leo S...
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The Contours of Tolerance: Jews and the Corpus Domini Altarpiece in Urbino
Journal article by Dana E. Katz; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 85, 2003
Subjects: Christianity, History, Jews, Laity, Montefeltro, Federigo (1422-82), Painting, Politics, Urbino Italy, Violence
...scene of burning Jews, Duke Federigo da Montefeltro and his entourage appear in the background...historical literature, Federigo da Montefeltro protected his Jewish subjects during...scholarship surrounding the house of Montefeltro asserts that both Federigo and his heir...
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Did Simone Serdini ('Il Saviozzo') Really Commit Suicide?
Journal article by Alexander Murray; Medium Aevum, Vol. 79, 2010
Subjects: Poets--Biography, Serdini, Simone--Biography
...recommended, instead, to Federigo da Montefeltro, Count of Urbino. The letter of recommendation...had sought employment from Federigo da Montefeltro, grandson of the Count of Urbino whom...gaoler (he can only mean Guidantonio da Montefeltro, papal vicar of Urbino from 1404 to...
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Visibilis et Invisibilis: The Mistress in Italian Renaissance Court Society
Journal article by Helen S. Ettlinger; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 47, 1994
Subjects: Italy--History, Mistresses--History, Renaissance--History
...son, it was possible for Federigo da Montefeltro to start a rumor that Sallustio was...legitimate heir to Urbino, Oddantonio Montefeltro. After Oddantonio was assassinated...1450 Isotta, betrothed to Oddantonio Montefeltro; m. Count Stephano Frangipani da Segna...
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Performing for Strangers: Women, Dance, and Music in Quattrocento Florence (*)
Journal article by Judith Bryce; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 54, 2001
Subjects: Dancing--Social aspects, Diplomacy--Social aspects, Florence, Italy--History, Sex role--History
...Roberto da Sanseverino and Federico da Montefeltro, ambassadors, and churchmen, both...22) Apostolic Protonotary Teodoro da Montefeltro describes the event in some detail for...his role as procuratore to Federico da Montefeltro, Bonaventuri appears to have visited...
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magazine articles on: Montefeltro  - 14 results

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Sperandio's Medals
Magazine article by Luke Syson; History Today, Vol. 45, April 1995
Subjects: Bentivoglio, Giovanni--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Da Montefeltro, Federico--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Medals--History, Sperandio--Works
...citizen of Bologna, and Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, are a case in point...Giovanni Bentivoglio and Federigo da Montefeltro were the work of Sperandio of Mantua...Giovanni Bentivoglio and Federico da Montefeltro belong to his period of greatest success...
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Marsilio Ficino Renaissance Man
Magazine article by Valery Rees; History Today, Vol. 49, July 1999
Subjects: Ficino, Marsilio--Influence, Italy--15th century, Philosophers--Influence, Scholars--Influence
...Bandini and Nicholas Bathory. In Italy his correspondents include Lorenzo de Medici; Ferrante, King of Naples; Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino; Pope Sixtus IV; Giovanni Cavalcanti the poet; Ermolao Barbaro; Bernardo Bembo; Pier Leone of Spoleto...
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Raphael at the National Gallery
Magazine article by Donald Bruce; Contemporary Review, Vol. 285, December 2004
Subjects: Art exhibitions--Criticism and interpretation, Art, Italian--Exhibitions, Art--Criticism and interpretation, Art--Exhibitions, Italian art--Exhibitions, National Gallery (United Kingdom)--Exhibitions, Raphael (Painter)--Criticism and interpretation, Raphael (Painter)--Exhibitions
...Giovanni Santi, who had already planned the future of his only son. Giovanni Santi was court-painter to Frederigo da Montefeltro, condottiere Duke of Urbino, a one-eyed warrior-scholar whose broken-nosed profile was depicted by Piero della Francesca...
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Hand-Painted Pop
Magazine article by Arthur C. Danto; The Nation, Vol. 257, September 27, 1993
Subjects: Pop art--Exhibitions
...hatchet-faced detective in full profile, looking like a crude counterpart of Piero della Francescas portrait of Federigo da Montefeltro, with the yellow fedora replacing the dapper red biretta. Tracys suit jacket, which is black, and the green background...
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Long Game at Urbino: Giancarlo De Carlo's Tapestry at Urbino Is an Inventive Reworking of Old and New, in Which Interventions Grow out of Weaving the Existing with Modern Needs
Magazine article by Peter Blundell Jones; The Architectural Review, Vol. 212, October 2002
...additions from Urbinos proudest period, when Francesco di Giorgio built his masterpiece, the Ducal Palace for Duke Federico da Montefeltro. By the time De Carlo was engaged to make a masterplan, the town was physically in a shoddy and run-down state, with...
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THE INSIDER Ceramic Bowls
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), February 27, 2009
...Mellor, on Sloane Square, has an impressive range of ceramics including these by Franco Bucci, founder of Montefeltro Pottery. Montefeltro Coroa Bowl in green, diameter 34cm, pounds sterling46 (020 7730 4259; www.davidmellordesign.com...
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Brush with Brilliance; Renaissance Art Was as Sexy as Watching Paint Dry, Thought Molly Watson, until She Learnt about Raphael and His Love of Life, Largesse and Ladies
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), September 5, 2004
...his incredible charm. Brought up close to the court of the Montefeltro Dukes of Urbino, he had elegant handwriting and wonderful...having secured himself recommendations in high places from the Montefeltro family and begin with a few small commissions. Then, within...
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[Pounds Sterling
Newspaper article; June 22, 2010
...Mary King and Diane Forlano. Two years ago, she was invited to join Maestro Ubaldo Fabbri and his opera company, Voci nel Montefeltro in Italy. Working with leading musicians from The Curtis Institute of Music and the Manhattan School of Music, she made...
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Time Off: Talian Beauty for the Faint-Hearted; Travel Sarah Chapman Took in the Delights of Italy's le Marche Region, Going off the Tourist Route
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), April 10, 2007
...cultural centres at a time when artists and scholars flocked to visit the court of Urbinos forward-looking Duke Federico da Montefeltro. His lavish home was the iconic Ducal Palace. After wandering through the arcades of his elegant courtyard, I walked up...
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Green & Serene; SAVE THE PLANET ISSUE
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), October 21, 2007
Subjects: Tourism, Travel industry, Wine industry, Wineries
...share. ITALY JOIN the farmer and his dog on a truffle-hunting expedition when you stay at the Locando farm near Urbino, Montefeltro, Le Marche. Then tuck in to a dinner of home-made pasta with shavings of the rare white truffles found in the ancient...
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encyclopedia articles on: Montefeltro  - 6 results

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Montefeltro
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MONTEFELTRO montafel tro, Italian noble family...Guelphs and Ghibellines . The county of Montefeltro (created c.1154) included parts...Marches, and San Marino. Oddantonio Montefeltro (d. 1444) was the first Montefeltro...
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Urbino
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...a former Roman community. The town flourished under the Montefeltro family (12th 16th cent.) and then under the Della Rovere...before coming under the papacy. The court of Federigo da Montefeltro, 2d duke of Urbino (1444 82), was a great artistic center...
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Raphael Santi
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Renaissance composition. Early Training, Influence, and Work Raphaels father, Giovanni Santi, painter at the court of Federigo Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, first taught him the elements of art. About six years after the death of his father (1494) he entered...
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Marche , Region, Italy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...some cities established free communes or were governed by noble families (including the Malatesta, the Varano, and the Montefeltro). From the 13th to the 16th cent. the popes gradually established their rule in the Marche and ended local autonomy...
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Justus of Ghent
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and in 1464 he was at Ghent, where he remained until his departure (c.1469) for Italy and the court of Federigo da Montefeltro, duke of Urbino. His Flemish works are the Adoration of the Magi (Metropolitan Mus.) and the Calvary (St. Bavo, Ghent...
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