Romanism

Term used in reference to north and south Netherlandish painters who travelled to Rome in the 16th century and came under the influence of the Italian artists of the period. The greatest impression was made by Michelangelo (particularly his work in the Sistine Chapel), Raphael (frescoes in the Vatican Stanze and Logge) and Raphael's students, particularly Giulio Romano, Polidoro da Caravaggio and Perino del Vaga. In addition, the surviving Classical monuments and artefacts in Rome also exerted a strong influence on the work of Netherlandish artists. Somewhat later in the 16th century, other Italian centres also exercised a strong attraction for these northern artists. In Venice, Domenico Tintoretto's style was the most frequently imitated; in Florence, the popular artists in this respect were Rosso Fiorentino, Vasari and the various sculptors then active; in Emilia, Parmigianino and his followers were also highly influential.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church based in Rome
  Synonym: Roman Catholicism

The words Romanism and Romanist are used in three different contexts.

Contents 1 Roman Catholicism 1.1 See also 2 Classics 3 Flemish school of painters

Roman Catholicism

Romanism was a word used as a derogatory term for Roman Catholicism in the past when anti-Catholicism was more common in the United States and the United Kingdom. The term was frequently used in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century Republican invectives against the Democrats, as part of the slogan "Rum, rebellion, and Romanism" (referencing the Democratic party's constituency of Southerners and anti-Temperance, frequently Catholic, working-class immigrants). The term and slogan gained particular prominence in the 1928 presidential campaign, in which the Democratic candidate was the outspokenly anti-Prohibition Catholic Governor of New York Al Smith. The term is still used, though rarely, by anti-Catholics.

See also

• Anti-Catholicism
• Papist
• Popery
• Popish Plot

Classics

In the academic fields of classical studies and ancient history, a Romanist can also be a scholar of Ancient Rome.

Flemish school of painters

Romanism was also the name of a Flemish school of painters from the beginning of the 16th century, the greatest of which was Jan Gossaert. They were among the first Flemish painters to be influenced by the Italian Renaissance. The Guild of Romanists was a mostly 17th century society of Antwerp painters and humanists who had visited Rome.

See also : Northern Renaissance.

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