Renaissance Florence: A Social History

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Roger J. Crum, John T. Paoletti
Cambridge University Press, Apr 3, 2006 - Art - 674 pages
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This book examines the social history of Florence during the critical period of its growth and development in the early modern period, from the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries. Treating the city, its art, and its rituals as lived experiences that extended through space and time, the contributors to this volume consider well-known objects, monuments, sites, and events in the vivifying context of a variety of spaces, which are here understood as a dimension of physical, psychological, religious, and political perceptions for the city of Florence during the Renaissance. The volume provides a multi-dimensional view of Florence as it evolved into an economic powerhouse and dynamic center of artistic achievement, as well as the setting for political and religious struggles. It also demonstrates how permeable boundaries between the disciplines of history and art history have become.
 

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Contents

Section 1
19
Section 2
55
Section 3
83
Section 4
104
Section 5
109
Section 6
112
Section 7
117
Section 8
135
Section 24
240
Section 25
247
Section 26
249
Section 27
251
Section 28
254
Section 29
261
Section 30
267
Section 31
273

Section 9
138
Section 10
149
Section 11
161
Section 12
166
Section 13
167
Section 14
169
Section 15
171
Section 16
182
Section 17
186
Section 18
187
Section 19
188
Section 20
197
Section 21
203
Section 22
207
Section 23
219
Section 32
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Section 33
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Section 34
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Section 35
331
Section 36
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Section 37
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Section 38
363
Section 39
375
Section 40
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Section 41
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Section 42
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Section 43
431
Section 44
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Section 45
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Section 46
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About the author (2006)

Roger J. Crum is Professor of Art History at the University of Dayton, where he has held the Graul Chair in Arts and Languages.

John T. Paoletti is William B. Kenan Professor of the Humanities and Professor of Art History at Wesleyan University.

Bibliographic information

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TitleRenaissance Florence: A Social History
EditorsRoger J. Crum, John T. Paoletti
Editionillustrated, reprint, annotated
PublisherCambridge University Press, 2006
ISBN0521846935, 9780521846936
Length674 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Art / History / General
Art / History / Renaissance
History / Europe / General
History / Europe / Italy
History / Europe / Renaissance
  
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