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- Title
Triumphing over the Enemy. References to the Turks as part of Andrea, Giannettino and Giovanni Andrea Doria's artistic patronage and public image.
- Authors
Stagno, Laura
- Abstract
Andrea Doria (14661560) and later his heir, Giovanni Andrea I (15401606), were "generals of the sea" for the Spanish crown, and in that capacity engaged in a longterm effort to contain and defeat the Ottoman enemies. Ariosto, in his Orlando Furioso, celebrated Andrea as a new and greater Pompey, who made the Mediterranean safe from the "pirates" in its every part, and many other contemporary authors exalted his feats against the Turks. This paper aims to investigate how this role translated into images, with reference to Andrea, but also to his secondincommand and designated heir Giannettino (who was killed in the 1547 Fieschi conspiracy), and to the latter's son Giovanni Andrea, who, because of his father's premature death, became Andrea's successor. Works of art commissioned by the Dorias include references to Turks in such diverse contexts as "all'antica" sculptures and plaquettes, the depiction of the Battle of Lepanto in a narratively articulated series of six large tapestries, and the celebration of the passage of power from Andrea to Giovanni Andrea in a complex allegorical composition. The approach of the two Dorias to the theme was different: mediated by classical references in the case of the emperor's admiral, more explicit in that of his heir. The earliest, most direct representation of the defeated Turks at Andrea's feet, however, originated outside the family patronage, in the context of the public commission of an honorific portrait statue.
- Publication
Il Capitale Culturale: Studies on the Value of Cultural Heritage, 2017, p145
- ISSN
2039-2362
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.13138/2039-2362/1709