Lorenzo de' Medici and the art of magnificence /

"Historian F.W. Kent offers a new look at Lorenzo's relationship to the arts, aesthetics, collecting, and building - especially in the context of his role as the political boss (maestro della bottega) of republican Florence and a leading player in Renaissance Italian diplomacy. Kent's...

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Autor principal: Kent, F. W. (Francis William), 1942-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2004.
Col·lecció:Johns Hopkins symposia in comparative history ; 24th.
Accés en línia:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=249382
Taula de continguts:
  • Introduction : the myth of Lorenzo
  • The aesthetic education of Lorenzo
  • The temptation to be magnificent, 1468-1484
  • Lorenzo and the Florentine building boom, 1485-1492
  • Lorenzo, "Fine husbandman," and Villa-Builder, 1483-1492.