Florence

Informationen zum Autor Francis Ames-Lewis is Emeritus Professor of the History of Art at Birkbeck College, University of London. He has edited or co-edited ten volumes of collected essays and conference papers, and has contributed numerous articles to scholarly journals and books. He is the author of several books, including Drawing in Early Renaissance Italy, The Draftsman Raphael and The Intellectual Life of the Early Renaissance Artist. Klappentext This volume examines works of art in a variety of media produced in Florence during the period 1300 to 1600. Zusammenfassung This volume examines works of art in a variety of media produced in Florence during the period 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 and is lavishly illustrated. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

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• Authors: AMES LEWIS FRANCIS UNIVERSITY OF, Francis Ames-Lewis, Francis (Birkbeck College Ames-Lewis, Francis (University of London) Ames-Lewis
• Assisted by: Francis Ames-Lewis (Editor), Francis (Birkbeck College Ames-Lewis (Editor), Ames-Lewis Francis (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.11.2011
• EAN: 9780521851626
• ISBN: 978-0-521-85162-6
• No. of pages: 464
• Series: Artistic Centers of the Italia; Artistic Centers of the Italian Renaissance
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / General, Italy, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600, History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400, 15th century, c 1400 to c 1499, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599