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Olschki. cm. 21,5 x 32, xxiv-330 pp. con 15 tavv. f.t. a colori e 106 figg. n.t. in b.n. Rilegato (Hardcover). Arte e archeologia - Studi e documenti Viene studiata la prima e pi? importante collezione d?arte in epoca moderna, per opera dei Medici di Firenze durante il Quattrocento. Basandosi su documenti originali e un?ampia scelta di letteratura secondaria, il libro svela perch? i Medici scelsero di dedicarsi all?arte, come si mossero per accumulare tanti oggetti preziosi e cosa significasse l?arte per loro e per i loro contemporanei. Un catalogo ragionato documenta inoltre le numerose, straordinarie opere raccolte dalla famiglia. This study illuminates the first and most important art collection of the modern era, which was formed in the fifteenth century by the Medici of Florence. By drawing on primary documents and a wide range of scholarly literature, the book explains why the Medici chose to devote themselves to art, how they managed to accumulate their many precious things, and what their art…
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- Title An Earthly Paradise. The Medici, their Collection and the Foundations of Modern Art
- Author Fulton,Christopher.
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- Pages 334
- Publisher Olschki, Firenze,
- Date 2006
- ISBN 9788822255266
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Firenze: Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki, 2006. English Text. Firenze, 2006; hardback, pp. 334, 106 b/w ill., 17 col. plates, cm 22x32. (Arte e Aarcheologia. Studi e Documenti. 28). This study explores the collecting activity of the Medici family from its rise to prominence in the early fifteenth century to its expulsion from Florence in 1494. By drawing on original documents and a wide range of secondary literature, the book describes the means by which the Medici assembled their art, an places the collection within the broader context of the family's social commitments and dynastic aspirations. The activities of the household's principal members are examined, as are the contributions of non-family members. Artistic iconographies are elucidated as expressions of a particular though evolving ethico-political outlook, and the collection as a whole is understood in relation to the Medici's ambition to define themselves as Florence's leading citizens. The book takes measure of the…
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