Images of Quattrocento Florence
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Images of Quattrocento Florence

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Images of Quattrocento Florence

About this book

This anthology provides a panoramic view of 15th-century Florence in the words of the city's own citizens and visitors. The selections illustrate the social, political, religious, artistic and general cultural impact of Florence in shaping the Italian and European Renaissance.

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Yes, you can access Images of Quattrocento Florence by Jeffery Rowthorn, Russell Schulz-Widmar in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Italian History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2000
eBook ISBN
9780300143003
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Italian History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. Foreword
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction
  5. List of Classical Abbreviations
  6. Map of Italy Circa 1490
  7. City Plan of Late Quattrocento Florence
  8. Chronology of Fifteenth-Century Florence
  9. PART ONE: ORIGINS
  10. 1. A Defense of the Roman Origins of Florence
  11. 2. The Republican Legacy
  12. 3. Inquiry into the Origins of Florence
  13. 4. So Depraved a Man as Julius Caesar Should Not Be Deemed the Founder of Florence
  14. 5. The Original Site of Florence Contrasted with its Present Splendor
  15. 6. The Only City Founded by Three Roman Generals
  16. PART TWO: HISTORY AND SOCIETY
  17. 7. Panegyric of Florence
  18. 8. The Structure of the Florentine Government
  19. 9. The Beauties of the Florentine Countryside
  20. 10. A Letter to Bartolommeo Cederni on Gambling at the Feast of St. John
  21. 11. A New Rome
  22. 12. A Critique of Cosimo's Florence
  23. 13. A Merchant's Praise of Florence
  24. 14. On the Celebrations for Pius II's and Galeazzo Maria Sforza's Visits to Florence
  25. 15. The City's Unparalleled Economic Prosperity
  26. 16. Lorenzo the Magnificent's Utopian State
  27. 17. The Glories of a New Golden Age
  28. 18. The Pazzi Conspiracy
  29. 19. A Condemnation of Lorenzo s Regime
  30. 20. The Entry of Charles VIII, King of France, into Florence
  31. PART THREE: LITERATURE
  32. 21. The Lives of Dante and Petrarch
  33. 22. Lives of the Illustrious Florentine Poets Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio
  34. 23. A Heavenly Vision After the Battle of Campaldino
  35. 24. The First Anthology of Vernacular Poetry
  36. 25. Proem to the First Edition of Dante's Divine Comedy
  37. 26. Florence Welcomes Dante upon His Return from Exile
  38. PART FOUR: ART
  39. 27. Giotto's Revival of Ancient Art
  40. 28. Giotto Brings Art out of the Dark Ages
  41. 29. The Marvel of Brunelleschi's Dome for the Cathedral of Florence
  42. 30. Brunelleschi and Donatello Discover Ancient Roman Treasures
  43. 31. Eminent Florentine Artists of the Quattrocento
  44. 32. An Account of the Great Local Artists
  45. 33. The Beauty of Florence Surpasses that of Ancient Athens
  46. 34. An Artistic Vade Mecum for the City of Florence
  47. PART FIVE: RELIGION
  48. 35. Tuscany as the Cradle of Christianity
  49. 36. Vision of the Future of Italy
  50. 37. A Prophecy of a New Age
  51. 38. The Consecration of the Cathedral of Florence
  52. 39. A History of Florentine Piety
  53. 40. A Guide to Florence's Holy Sites
  54. 41. A Treatise on the Florentine Government
  55. 42. An Epistle to the Fanciulli
  56. 43. Two Poems on Spiritual Renewal
  57. 44. The Rise and Fall of the Self-Made Prophet Girolamo Savonarola
  58. PART SIX: FLORENCE THROUGH FOREIGNERS EYES
  59. 45. Métropolite Isidore's Journey to the Council of Florence
  60. 46. The Heir to Roman Justice
  61. 47. Bittersweet Praise of Florence
  62. 48. A Celebration of Florentine Eloquence
  63. 49. Praise of the City Before Its Authorities
  64. 50. A Sketch of Florence and Its Domain
  65. 51. The Delights of the Medici Villa in Careggi
  66. Bibliography
  67. Index