Renaissance Florence: A Social History - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521846935 ISBN 13: 9780521846936

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

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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Book Description

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. 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.

About the Author

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

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0521846935
• ISBN 13: 9780521846936
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 696
• Editor: Crum Roger J., Paoletti John T.