{"product_id":"9781789620122-politics-and-the-arts-in-lisbon-and-rome","title":"Politics and the arts in Lisbon and Rome","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Roman dream of John V of Portugal\u003cbr\u003eApproaching the reign of John V of Portugal from a cross-disciplinary point of view, this volume illustrates to English readers how Rome, as the papal city and as an artistic paradigm, had a pivotal influence in Portuguese art, music and politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDealing with a complex king, this edited collection elucidates a monarch’s vision of Rome that deeply affected his political choices and cultural policy during the first half of the eighteenth-century. John V of Portugal became king in 1707 in a pivotal moment for the European balance of power. The Kingdom of Portugal was still demanding the same privileges as its powerful neighbours and the relation with Rome was considered a vehicle to obtain them. Arts and music had a special and unprecedented place in the king’s plans and this book approaches that dynamic from several interdisciplinary perspectives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe unifying thread across this book’s chapters remains the omnipresence of Rome as a paradigm on several levels: political, religious, intellectual, artistic, and musical. Rather than providing an exhaustive analysis of the period as a whole, this study offers a fresh approach for English readers to this classic, but little known, topic in Portuguese national historiography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40897969094753,"sku":"9781789620122","price":128.83,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29862573.jpg?v=1726066984","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781789620122-politics-and-the-arts-in-lisbon-and-rome","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}