King of the Renaissance: Art and Politics at the Neapolitan Court of Ferrante I, 1458-1494

In the second half of the fifteenth century, King Ferrante I of Naples (r. 1458-1494) dominated the political and cultural life of the Mediterranean world. His court was home to artists, writers, musicians, and ambassadors from England to Egypt and everywhere in between. Yet, despite its historical importance, Ferrante’s court has been neglected in the scholarship. This dissertation provides a long-overdue analysis of Ferrante’s artistic patronage and attempts to explicate the king’s specific role in the process of art production at the Neapolitan court, as well as the experiences of artists employed therein. By situating Ferrante and the material culture of his court within the broader discourse of Early Modern art history for the first time, my project broadens our understanding of the function of art in Early Modern Europe. I demonstrate that, contrary to traditional assumptions, King Ferrante was a sophisticated patron of the visual arts whose political circumstances and shifting alliances were the most influential factors contributing to his artistic patronage. Unlike his father, Alfonso the Magnanimous, whose court was dominated by artists and courtiers from Spain, France, and elsewhere, Ferrante differentiated himself as a truly Neapolitan king. Yet Ferrante’s court was by no means provincial. His residence, the Castel Nuovo in Naples, became the physical embodiment of his commercial and political network, revealing the accretion of local and foreign visual vocabularies that characterizes Neapolitan visual culture.

The importance of being Alfred -- from the king of West Saxons to Nobel

The article appeared in a Festschrift devoted to a distinguished Polish linguist Professor Alfred F. Majewicz. It discusses the Christian name Alfred born by the Jubilarian in its various aspects: its Anglo-Saxon origins, etymology and popularity (past and present) in various European countries, with particular emphasis on Poland. It also presents some famous people, literary characters and pop culture heroes bearing this name.

Canada seventy years ago : or, Prince Edward's visit to Niagara /

Verse.

Queen Alexandra; a study in royalty,

Mode of access: Internet.

The Prince's ball. A brochure. From "Vanity fair."

A satirical poem on the Prince of Wales' visit to America in 1860.

Heinrich Ludewig Manger's, Königl. Preuss. Ober-Hof-Baurath und Garteninspectors, Baugeschichte von Potsdam : besonders unter der Regierung König Friedrichs des Zweiten.

1. Bd. Die Baugeschichte von den ältesten Zeiten bis 1762 -- 2. Bd. Die Baugeschichte vom Jahre 1763 bis zu 1786 -- 3. Bd. Nachrichten von den Baumeistern, Kassenverwaltern, den übrigen Vorfällen und ein Verzeichniss der verwendeten Baukosten. Register über alle drey Bände.

Histoire de la vie privée, politique et militaire de Frédéric II, roi de Prusse.

Bibliographical footnotes.

Über die Flugschriften Friedrich's des Grossen aus der Zeit des siebenjährigen Krieges /

Includes some text in French.

Lettres inédites de Mme. la Mise. Du Châtelet [à Maupertuis]

Mode of access: Internet.

Traité des grandes opérations militaires, ou Histoire critique des guerres de Frédéric le Grand comparées au système moderne, avec un recueil des principes les plus importants de l'art de la guerre;

The atlas has caption title only: Légendes, pour l'intelligence de l'atlas des guerres de sept ans.

Briefwechsel der königin Katharina und des königs Jérome von Westphalen, sowie des kaisers Napoleon I,

v. 1. Vom. 8. Oktober 1801 bis 22. Dezember 1810.--v.2. Vom 20. März 1811 bis 27. September 1816.--v. 3. Nachtrag zu band I und II aus dem Napoleon'schen hausarchive.

Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen.

No more pub. cf. Deut. Bücherverz. 1921-1925.

Aktstykker vedkommende kong Christian den Tredies og dronning Dorotheas kroning i Vor Frue kirke i Kjøbenhavn, den 12te august 1537,

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Die Lebensgeschichte des grossen Königs Friedrich von Preussen : ein Buch für jedermann /

Mode of access: Internet.

Geschichte Friedrichs des Grossen,

Mode of access: Internet.