The Spinelli of Florence - Fortunes of a Renaissance Merchant Family

About the author

Philip Jacks is Assistant Professor of Art History at George Washington University. His previous books include Vasari's Florence: Artists and Literati at the Medicean Court (1998) and The Antiquarian and the Myth of Antiquity: The Origins of Rome in Renaissance Thought (1993).William Caferro is Assistant Professor of History at Vanderbilt University. His previous book are The Unbounded Community: Conversations across Time(1994) and The Companies of Adventure and the Decline of Siena (forthcoming).

Summary

Using the Spinelli family archive, this text paints a picture of the Florentine merchant family's ascent to prominence in the 14th and 15th centuries. Focusing on Tommaso Spinelli, arts patronage, papal finance and silk and wool manufacturing is glimpsed through letters and financial ledgers.

Product details

• Authors: William Caferro, William (Vanderbilt Univ.) Caferro, Caferro William, Philip Jacks, Philip Joshua Jacks
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2001
• EAN: 9780271019246
• ISBN: 978-0-271-01924-6
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 279 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 1474 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Raster, farbig
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Kunstgeschichte, Wirtschaftsgeschichte, Renaissance, Italien, Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, 15. Jahrhundert (1400 bis 1499 n. Chr.), 16. Jahrhundert (1500 bis 1599 n. Chr.), Mittelalterlicher Stil, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, Europäische Geschichte: Mittelalter, Finanzielle Aspekte der Kunst, Geldanlage, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, ART / European, ART / Business Aspects, Italy, Economic history, CE period up to c 1500, History of Art, History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Renaissance art, Renaissance style, Biography: historical, political and military, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Art: Financial Aspects, Medieval style, ART / History / European / Medieval