Cosimo I de' Medici and his self-representation in Florentine art and culture
Dynasty and destiny -- Shaping the Florentinist perspective -- The Sala Grande in the Palazzo della Signoria -- The Uffizi and the Pitti -- The apparato for the entry of Joanna of Austria -- The Neptune fountain and other major secular commissions -- Commissions in churches -- The grand ducal commis...
| Résumé: | Dynasty and destiny -- Shaping the Florentinist perspective -- The Sala Grande in the Palazzo della Signoria -- The Uffizi and the Pitti -- The apparato for the entry of Joanna of Austria -- The Neptune fountain and other major secular commissions -- Commissions in churches -- The grand ducal commissions (1569--1574) -- In praise of the city and its elite -- Florentinist cultural politics -- Cosimo the citizen-prince. In this study, Henk Th. van Veen reassesses how Cosimo de' Medici represented himself in images during the course of his rule. The text examines not only art and architecture, but also literature, historiography, religion, and festive culture |
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| Description: | Literaturverz. S. 239 - 257 |
| ISBN: | 0521837227 |