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Zusatztext '... a valuable and much needed contribution to the scholarship on Eleonora di Toledo...' Gabriele Neher! The Art Book '...carefully crafted and most useful introduction... a collection of interconnected essays that are clearly written and tightly organized.' Renaissance Quarterly Informationen zum Autor Konrad Eisenbichler Klappentext That Eleonora di Toledo had a tremendous impact upon Tuscan visual culture is a given but little is known about her contribution to the political! economic or spiritual life of the duchy. These edited papers explore Eleonora's influence and offer a biographical overview of her life. Zusammenfassung That Eleonora di Toledo had a tremendous impact upon Tuscan visual culture is a given but little is known about her contribution to the political, economic or spiritual life of the duchy. These edited papers explore Eleonora's influence and offer a biographical overview of her life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction! Konrad Eisenbichler; Veni! sponsa. Love and politics at the wedding of Eleonora di Toledo! Mary A. Watt; A 'Laura' for Cosimo: Bronzino's Eleonora di Toledo with her Son Giovanni! Gabrielle Langdon; La fecundissima Signora Duchessa: the courtly persona of Eleonora di Toledo and the iconography of abundance! Bruce L. Edelstein; A duchess' place at court: the Quartiere di Eleonora in the Palazzo della Signoria in Florence! Ilaria Hoppe; Eleonora and her 'famous sisters.' The tradition of 'illustrious women' in paintings for the domestic interior! Paola Tinagli; Eleonora di Toledo among the famous women: iconographic innovation after the conquest of Siena! Pamela J. Benson; Eleonora di Toledo's chapel: lineage! salvation and the war against the Turks! Robert W. Gaston; Los scholares son cosa de su excelentia! como lo es toda la Compañia: Eleonora di Toledo and the Jesuits! Chiara Franceschini; The burial attire of Eleonora di Toledo! Mary Westerman Bulgarella; La Ill.ma Sig.ra Duchessa felice memoria: the posthumous Eleonora di Toledo! Janet Cox-Rearick; Index of names. ...
