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Chapter 14780 had commissioned for it’.120 He thinks Strada has not quite realized that the projects he proposed could only be printed by a very rich and ‘curious’ printer, ‘more interested in having his drawers full of splendid typeface, than his cash- box full of money in order to be able to pay his employees’. Moretus does not mince his words, because he knows that Strada has experience with printing. He repeats that he will not acquire manuscripts for publishing against pay- ment, and thinks that should not be done on principle, for if it is an author’s ambition to bring his book to the attention of the public, he does not try to sell it for personal gain, ‘knowing in advance that [though] his pains will not be paid<…>his book will be a treasure for posterity’. The general impression is that Moretus did not take Strada’s proposal very seriously, though he was prepared to have any illustrations executed or to print any book that Strada wished, if at the latter’s expense. And he did like the con- cept of the Description of Italy and was prepared to enter into negotiations about that, provided Strada would send him the text and all available illustra- tions—‘for one can form no judgment, or come to an agreement about a thing one has not seen’—and that he would delegate an agent with full powers to clinch a deal. It is not known whether this letter actually reached Strada and whether he responded to it: there is no record of any further contact between Strada and Plantin. Strada doubtless did not intend to hand over his materials to Plantin merely in exchange for a few copies of the printed books, which would imply that he would almost entirely lose the considerable investments he had made over the years to compose the books listed in his Index sive catalogus, and to bring together the materials necessary to illustrate them in accordance with the high standards he had in mind. On the other hand he would not—probably could not—invest any further in the actual printing of even just a few of these books. With the death of Maximilian ii and the consequent loss of Strada’s privileged position at the Imperial court, there was moreover little stimulus for other princes or magnates to help Strada’s projects by providing financial assistance. So it is not surprising that Strada, besides attempting to interest Plantin in his venture, engaged in the various futile efforts to raise money for his projects which have been described above, such as the lottery of his house and collection. 120 But is should be noted that Strada had not asked for half of the copies printed, but for half of the profit actually realized, that is, after costs, which is something rather different.
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Jacopo Strada and Cultural Patronage at the Imperial Court The Antique as Innovation, Band 2
Titel
Jacopo Strada and Cultural Patronage at the Imperial Court
Untertitel
The Antique as Innovation
Band
2
Autor
Dirk Jacob Jansen
Verlag
Brill
Ort
Leiden
Datum
2019
Sprache
englisch
Lizenz
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
ISBN
978-90-04-35949-9
Abmessungen
15.8 x 24.1 cm
Seiten
542
Kategorien
Biographien
Kunst und Kultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

  1. 11 The Musaeum: Strada’s Circle 547
    1. 11.1 Strada’s House 547
    2. 11.2 High-ranking Visitors: Strada’s Guest Book and Ottavio’s Stammbuch 548
    3. 11.3 ‘Urbanissime Strada’: Accessibility of and Hospitality in the Musaeum 554
    4. 11.4 Intellectual Associates 556
    5. 11.5 Strada’s Confessional Position 566
    6. 11.6 Contacts with Members of the Dynasty 570
  2. 12 The Musaeum: its Contents 576
    1. 12.1 Introduction 576
    2. 12.2 Strada’s own Descriptions of his Musaeum 577
    3. 12.3 Strada’s Acquisitions for Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria 580
    4. 12.4 Strada’s own Cabinet of Antiquities 592
    5. 12.5 Acquisitions of Other Materials in Venice 599
    6. 12.6 Commissions in Mantua 610
    7. 12.7 ‘Gemalte Lustigen Tiecher’: Contemporary Painting in Strada’s Musaeum 615
    8. 12.8 Conclusion 628
  3. 13 Books, Prints and Drawings: The Musaeum as a centre of visualdocumentation 629
    1. 13.1 Introduction 629
    2. 13.2 Strada’s Acquisition of Drawings 630
    3. 13.3 ‘Owls to Athens’: Some Documents Relating to Strada’s GraphicCollection 634
    4. 13.4 The Contents of Strada’s Collection of Prints and Drawings 641
    5. 13.5 Later Fate of Strada’s Prints and Drawings 647
    6. 13.6 Drawings Preserved in a Context Linking Them withStrada 649
    7. 13.7 Strada’s Commissions of Visual Documentation: Antiquity 673
    8. 13.8 Strada’s Commissions of Visual Documentation: Contemporary Architecture and Decoration 692
    9. 13.9 Images as a Source of Knowledge 711
    10. 13.10 Conclusion 717
  4. 14 ‘Ex Musaeo et Impensis Jacobi Stradae, S.C.M. Antiquarius, CivisRomani’: Strada’s Frustrated Ambitions as a Publisher 719
    1. 14.1 Is There Life beyond the Court? 719
    2. 14.2 Strada’s Family 719
    3. 14.3 Ottavio Strada’s Role 725
    4. 14.4 The Publishing Project: Strada Ambitions as a Publisher 728
    5. 14.5 The Musaeum as an Editorial Office? 739
    6. 14.6 Financing the Programme 752
    7. 14.7 The Index Sive Catalogus 760
    8. 14.8 Strada’s Approach of Christophe Plantin 775
    9. 14.9 The Rupture with Ottavio 781
    10. 14.10 Strada’s Testamentary Disposition 783
    11. 14.11 Conclusion: The Aftermath 786
  5. 15 Le Cose dell’antichità: Strada as a Student of Antiquity 799
    1. 15.1 Profession: Antiquarius 799
    2. 15.2 Strada’s Qualities as an Antiquary 807
    3. 15.3 Strada’s Method 813
    4. 15.4 Strada’s Aims 822
  6. 16 Strada & Co.: By Appointment to His Majesty the Emperor 830
    1. 16.1 Strada as an Imperial Antiquary and Architect 830
    2. 16.2 Strada’s Role as an Agent 836
    3. 16.3 Strada as an Independent Agent 840
    4. 16.4 ‘Ex Musaeo Iacobi de Strada’: Study, Studio, Workshop, Office, Showroom 843
    5. 16.5 Strada’s Influence: An Agent of Change 849
    6. 16.6 Conclusion: Strada’s Personality 863
    7. 16.7 Epilogue: Back to the Portrait 868
  7. Appendices 877
    1. A Some Unpublished Letters 877
    2. B Strada’s Will 894
    3. C Strada’s Musaeum: Pleasant paintings 900
    4. D Strada’s Musaeum: The Index Sive Catalogus 902
  8. Chronological List of Sources 915
  9. Bibliography 932
  10. List of Illustrations 986
  11. Index 1038
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