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This book examines the multi-media art patronage of three generations of the Tornabuoni family, who commissioned works from innovative artists, such as Sandro Botticelli and Rosso Fiorentino. Best known for commissioning the fresco cycle in Santa Maria Novella by Domenico Ghirlandaio, a key monument of the Florentine Renaissance, the Tornabuoni ordered a number of still-surviving art works, inspired by their commitment to family, knowledge of ancient literature, music, love, loss, and religious devotion. This extensive body of work makes the Tornabuoni a critically important family of early modern art patrons. However, they are further distinguished by the numerous objects they commissioned to honor female relations who served in different family roles, thus deepening understanding of Florentine Renaissance gender relations. Maria DePrano presents a comprehensive picture of how one Florentine family commissioned art to gain recognition in their society, revere God, honor family members, especially women, and memorialize deceased loved ones.
Sommario
1. Introducing a family: The Tornabuoni; 2. Honoring a sister: Domenico Ghirlandaio's portrait of Lucrezia Tornabuoni; 3. Immortalizing a family: the Tornabuoni family medals by Niccolò Fiorentino; 4. Praising a bride: Niccolò Fiorentino's medals for Giovanna degli Albizzi; 5. Complimenting a new couple: Ghirlandaio-School Spalliere for Lorenzo and Giovanna; 6. Commemorating the family: the Tornabuoni Chapel at Santa Maria Novella; 7. Memorializing a lost wife: Ghirlandaio's paintings for Giovanna degli Albizzi; 8. Celebrating a second marriage: Botticelli's frescoes for the Tornabuoni Villa; 9. Continuing the tradition: Lorenzo's sons as art patrons; 10. Conclusion; Appendix A. Giovanni Tornabuoni's letters to Lucrezia Tornabuoni; Appendix B. Tornabuoni inventory bibliography; Index.
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Maria DePrano is Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of California, Merced. She has published articles in Viator, The Medal, and Renaissance Studies. Her work has been supported by fellowships from the Villa I Tatti, the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, and the Fulbright Program.
Riassunto
This book examines the art commissioned by Tornabuoni men for themselves and the family's women in fifteenth-century Florence, within their societal, domestic, and religious contexts, expanding Renaissance studies for scholars of art history, literature, history, gender studies, material culture studies, museum specialists, graduate and undergraduate courses, and general readers.
