"Vivir de las letras": Lope de Vega y el mecenazgo de los Afán de Ribera

Sponsorship and patronage have always been the reasons that concerned Lope’s artistic life and we can see this in a great number of his works. In the present investigation, I study the play <i>Las grandezas de Alejandro</i> and its literary dedication, showing a different point of view f...

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Autor: Cimadevilla, M. (María)|||/items/b39934c2-7ded-4efe-99be-2a72aea93c7e
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2019
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Navarra
Repositório:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarra
Idioma:espanhol
OAI Identifier:oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/60740
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/10171/60740
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Lope de Vega
Dedicatoria
Mecenazgo
Drama historial
Las grandezas de Alejandro
Descrição
Resumo:Sponsorship and patronage have always been the reasons that concerned Lope’s artistic life and we can see this in a great number of his works. In the present investigation, I study the play <i>Las grandezas de Alejandro</i> and its literary dedication, showing a different point of view from the studies made before. In order to do this, I will investigate the biography of the patron Lope refers to in the work, Fernando Afán de Ribera, focusing on his prececessors and the nobiliary life of his lineage. The research shows the author’s necessity to please the political powers of his time and the desire he had of ascending to the aristocracy. I have also considered another reading of the drama: the autor claims his works as an artist, and suggests that sponsors and patrons need to be enlightened by the artists they protect. Thus, drama and dedication have a political and an artistic reading, which complement each other.