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Cosimo De Medici
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Author : K. Dorothea Ewart
language : en
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
Release Date : 2006-11-01
Cosimo De Medici written by K. Dorothea Ewart and has been published by Cosimo, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In many ways, he was the father of the Renaissance, or at least its midwife, taking the reins of Florence in 1433 and leading it to a cultural apex that has, perhaps, yet to be rivaled by any municipality since. Cosimo De' Medici, master of a city-state, diplomat and statesman, ruled a Florence that was "in miniature an empire," as this 1899 biography calls it, where painters and thinkers created new movements of art, philosophy, and science that, in turn, created our world today. This is a fascinating look at the man who shepherded Florence through that dramatic period, from his foreign policy that nurtured the city's cosmopolitanism to his fostering of a social and cultural environment in which literature and art flourished.
The Cultural Politics Of Duke Cosimo I De Medici
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Author : Konrad Eisenbichler
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-03-02
The Cultural Politics Of Duke Cosimo I De Medici written by Konrad Eisenbichler and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-02 with History categories.
When he suddenly came to power in Italy in 1537, the young Duke Cosimo I de' Medici amazed friends and foes alike with his ability to extricate himself from mortal danger, affirm his authority and revive a dying state. He doubled the size of his duchy and established a dynasty that ruled unchallenged for 200 years. This volume is the first book-length study in any language to approach the figure of Duke Cosimo I from the point of view of his cultural agenda. The contributors examine the political, economic, cultural and linguistic strategies that made Cosimo a successful leader, and in the process illuminate the cultural world of mid-sixteenth-century Tuscany.
A Companion To Cosimo I De Medici
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Author : Alessio Assonitis
language : en
Publisher: Renaissance Society of America
Release Date : 2021
A Companion To Cosimo I De Medici written by Alessio Assonitis and has been published by Renaissance Society of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Art categories.
"Mining the rich documentary sources housed in Tuscan archives and taking advantage of the breadth and depth of scholarship produced in recent years, the seventeen essays in this Companion to Cosimo I de' Medici provide a fresh and systematic overview of the life and career of the first Grand Duke of Tuscany, with special emphasis on Cosimo I's education and intellectual interests, cultural policies, political vision, institutional reforms, diplomatic relations, religious beliefs, military entrepreneurship, and dynastic concerns. Contributors: Maurizio Arfaioli, Alessio Assonitis, Nicholas Scott Baker, Sheila Barker, Stefano Calonaci, Brendan Dooley, Daniele Edigati, Sheila ffolliott, Catherine Fletcher, Andrea Gáldy, Fernando Loffredo, Piergabriele Mancuso, Jessica Maratsos, Carmen Menchini, Oscar Schiavone, Marcello Simonetta, and Henk Th. van Veen"--
Cosimo De Medici And The Florentine Renaissance
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Author : Dale V. Kent
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Cosimo De Medici And The Florentine Renaissance written by Dale V. Kent and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Art categories.
"Cosimo de'Medici (1389-1464), the fabulously wealthy banker who became the leading citizen of Florence in the fifteenth century, spent lavishly as the city's most important patron of art and literature. This book is the first comprehensive examination of the whole body of works of art and architecture commissioned by Cosimo and his sons. By looking closely at this spectacular group of commissions, we gain an entirely new picture of their patron, and of the patron's point of view. Recurrent themes in the commissions - from Fra Angelico's San Marco altarpiece to the Medici palace - indicate the main interests to which Cosimo's patronage gave visual expression. Dale Kent offers new insights and perspectives on the individual objects comprising the Medici oeuvre by setting them within the context of civic and popular culture in early Renaissance Florence, and of Cosimo's life as the leader of the Medici lineage and the dominant force in the governing elite." "From the wealth of available documentation illuminating Cosimo de'Medici's life, the author considers how his own experience influenced his patronage; how the culture of Renaissance Florence provided a common idiom for the patron, his artists, and his audience; what he preferred and intended as a patron; and how focussing on his patronage of art alters the image of him that is based on his roles as banker and politician. Cosimo was as much a product as a shaper of Florentine society, Kent concludes. She identifies civic patriotism and devotion as the main themes of his oeuvre and argues that religious imperatives may well have been more important than political ones in shaping the art for which he was responsible and its reception."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Cosimo I De Medici And His Self Representation In Florentine Art And Culture
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Author : Hendrik Thijs van Veen
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2006-08-21
Cosimo I De Medici And His Self Representation In Florentine Art And Culture written by Hendrik Thijs van Veen and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08-21 with Art categories.
In this study, Henk Th. van Veen reassesses how Cosimo de' Medici represented himself in images during the course of his rule. The text examines not only art and architecture, but also literature, historiography, religion, and festive culture.
Cosimo De Medici
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Author : KATHARINE DOROTHEA. EWART
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Cosimo De Medici written by KATHARINE DOROTHEA. EWART and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.
Cosimo De Medici
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Author : Katharine Dorothea Ewart Vernon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1899
Cosimo De Medici written by Katharine Dorothea Ewart Vernon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1899 with Florence (Italy) categories.
Cosimo De Medici
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Author : Katharine Dorothea Ewart
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Cosimo De Medici written by Katharine Dorothea Ewart and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with categories.
Cosimo De Medici Classic Reprint
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Author : Katharine Dorothea Ewart
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2016-08-23
Cosimo De Medici Classic Reprint written by Katharine Dorothea Ewart and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-23 with History categories.
Excerpt from Cosimo De' Medici Florence, too, was a commercial state; the possession of land was merely an accident in the possession of power, - a part, but the least important part, of wealth; we find all the commercial problems of a later date already alive, - the uneasy relations between capital and labour, the employment of foreign politics as a means to commercial extension, the manipulation of a state debt, with shares whose value uctuated as the prosperity of the Government. Here, too, are found in almost every individual that very modern craving to obtain a Share, however small, in the direction of the national policy; here, as in modern politics, the difficulty of establishing an executive powerful enough and sufficiently many-sided to embrace and cope with the complicated and manifold conditions of modern administration; here efforts like those of a modern foreign minister to make his policy consistent and effective, and yet agreeable to the public whim Government must be maintained either by brute force or by clearly-expressed public Opinion, never by the inert acquiescence of the governed in any rule that had an appearance of hereditary right. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
First Among Equals
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Author : Francesco Massaccesi
language : en
Publisher: Barbera Foundation
Release Date :
First Among Equals written by Francesco Massaccesi and has been published by Barbera Foundation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Fiction categories.
An inspiring story of the Medici family for fans of historical fiction and the Renaissance. Go past the biographies and history books to learn firsthand what made the Medicis the most influential family in Renaissance Italy. Born into privilege at the end of the 1300s in an age of turmoil, Cosimo de’ Medici, heir to the Medici banking fortune, grew up surrounded by poverty, corruption, and war. Reserved and soft-spoken yet charismatic and determined, Cosimo vowed to use his wealth for the greater good, manipulating his enemies, courting popes and artists, and becoming the de facto leader of the Florentine Republic, inflaming the oligarchs who schemed to seize the power he almost reluctantly held. A devotee of ancient literature and patron of education and the arts, Cosimo brought peace, reform, and prosperity to the Republic, defining Florence as the cradle of the Renaissance. The Medici dynasty would last for centuries and without its support and keen eye for greatness, many artists and scientists—including Da Vinci, Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, and Galileo—may have never been given their own opportunities to change the world.