Friendship, love, and trust in Renaissance Florence
By: Dale Kent.
Series: The Bernard Berenson Lectures on the Italian Renaissance
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780674031371
Subjects: Renaissance -- Italy -- Florence; Friendship -- Italy -- Florence -- History; Friendship -- Political aspects -- Italy -- Florence; Art, Renaissance -- Italy -- Florence -- Themes, motives; Florence (Italy) -- Social life and customs
Description: "The question of whether true friendship could exist in an era of patronage occupied Renaissance Florentines as it had the ancient Greeks and Romans whose culture they admired and emulated. Rather than attempting to measure Renaissance friendship against a universal ideal defined by essentially modern notions of disinterestedness, intimacy, and sincerity, in this book Dale Kent explores the meaning of love and friendship as they were represented in the fifteenth century, particularly the relationship between heavenly and human friendship." "She documents the elements of shared experience in friendships between Florentines of various occupations and ranks, observing how these were shaped and played out in the physical spaces of the city: the streets, street corners, outdoor benches and loggias, family palaces, churches, confraternal meeting places, workshops of artisans and artists, taverns, dinner tables, and the baptismal font."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.