Florence
Subtitle: the Golden Age, 1138-1737
By: Gene Brucker.
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: Florence (Italy) -- History -- To 1421.; Florence (Italy) -- History -- 1421-1737.
Description: Gene Brucker's story of the premier city of the Italian Renaissance tells of great families and common people, wars and economic dislocations, natural catastrophes and religious turmoil, and extraordinary artistic and literary achievement.

The creative growth of the city of Dante, Giotto, Brunelleschi, and Michelangelo was made possible through Florence's role as an economic center, the zeal of its small manufacturing industries, and the enterprise of the merchants who spread Florentine influence well beyond the city's walls and territories.

The text is complemented throughout by a wealth of paintings and drawings, 200 of them in full color. Also included are a chronology of important historical events, a listing of noted Florentine families, and a genealogy of the famed Medici family.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271) and index.
Originally published: New York : Abbeville Press, 1984.