Florence
By: [edited by] Francis Ames-Lewis
Series: Artistic centers of the Italian Renaissance
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780521851626
Subjects: Renaissance Art; Italian Art; ART / General
Description: "This volume examines works of art in a variety of media produced in Florence during the period from 1300 to 1600. Chronologically organized, each chapter examines works of art and architecture within the context of the major political, social, economic, and cultural events of the period. Patterns of patronage, both secular and religious, that accompanied changes in political authority as power shifted from Republican regimes to rule by the Medici family and back are also assessed. The volume follows the movements and trends that were initiated by Florentine artists beginning with Giotto in the fourteenth century; then followed a century later by Masaccio, Donatello, Brunelleschi, and Michelangelo; and finally the achievements of sixteenth-century artists such as Cellini, Bronzino, and Vasari. The book is lavishly illustrated in both black and white and color"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction Francis Ames-Lewis; 1. Florence 1300-1600 Francis W. Kent; 2. Florence before the black death Janet Robson; 3. The arts in Florence after the black death Louise Bourdua; 4. Republican Florence 1400-1434 Adrian W. B. Randolph; 5. The Florence of Cosimo 'Il Vecchio' de' Medici: within and beyond the walls Roger J. Crum; 6. Art and cultural identity in Lorenzo de' Medici's Florence Caroline Elam; 7. Republican Florence and the arts, 1494-1513 Jill Burke; 8. Florence under the Medici pontificates, 1513-1537 William E. Wallace; 9. Cosimi I and the arts Elizabeth Pilliod.