Sixtus IV: Patron of arts and theologian
The article studies the interconnection between the theological activities of Francesco da Savona (Pope Sixtus IV) and his artistic orders in Rome, Assisi and Loreto. On the example of the Sixtus IV patronage, the author shows that this kind of activities in their totality can serve the purposes of the representation of power, as well as in its more complex embodiment, as a space for political expression.