2020/05/28 by Marco Piana · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · #Historical and Religious Studies of Rome #Medieval Literature and History #Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
paper · doi:10.1163/18748929-01203003
openalex publication_date 2020/05/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
This essay 1 explores the reception of Pope Julius ii ’s statuary deities in his Cortile del Belvedere through the poetic works of two humanists, papal courtier Evangelista Maddaleni de’ Capodiferro and Savonarolan philosopher Gianfrancesco Pico della Mirandola. The construction of the Cortile animated a lively querelle on the state and mission of the Catholic Church, as it allowed the pagan idols of antiquity to re-enter the holy grounds of the Vatican. Through the analysis of two divergent poetic receptions of the Belvedere gods, this article will explore the Cortile del Belvedere and Julius ii ’s Rome, as a space of spiritual dialogue and religious hybridism.