Description |
xiii, 537 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [494]-522) and index. |
Contents |
Part I - The patron's oeuvre -- Cosimo's oeuvre -- Cosimo's letters -- Learning the lessons of Florentine culture : Who Cosimo knew -- Educating the patron : What Cosimo read -- Part II - The common culture of the Florentine audience : The Medici share in this -- Venues and performances -- Compilations and the corpus of texts -- Popular devotion and the prerception of images -- Images of Florentine patronage refracted through popular culture -- Part III - Cosimo's religious commissions -- Expiation, charity, intercession -- Building "for the honor of God, and the honor of the city, and the memory of me" -- Part IV - The house of the Medici -- The palace : Measuring self on the urban map -- Accommodating the patron -- The chapel in the heart of the palace : A microcosm of Medici patronage -- Part V - The patron as "auctor" -- Patrons and their artists : "The variety of genius" -- The patron's choice : Princes, patricians, partisans -- Conclusion : An oeuvre defines its patron : Cosimo's visible image -- Appendix A : A list of what appear to be popular miscellanies compiled from the Pupilli record. |
Subject |
Medici, Cosimo de', 1389-1464 -- Art patronage.
|
|
Arts, Italian -- Italy -- Florence.
|
|
Arts, Renaissance -- Italy -- Florence.
|
|
Florence (Italy) -- Social life and customs.
|
ISBN |
0300081286 alkaline paper |
|