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Author Paoletti, John T., author.

Title Michelangelo's David : Florentine history and civic identity / John T. Paoletti, Wesleyan University ; with documents newly transcribed and edited by Rolf Bagemihl.

Publication Info. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 388 pages) : illustrations
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "This book takes a new look at the interpretations of, and the historical information surrounding, Michelangelo's David. New documentary materials discovered by Rolf Bagemihl add to the early history of the stone block that became the David and provide an identity for the painted terracotta colossus that stood on the cathedral buttresses for which Michelangelo's statue was to be a companion. The David, with its placement at the Palazzo della Signoria, was deeply implicated in the civic history of Florence, where public nakedness played a ritual role in the military and in the political lives of its people. This book, then, places the David not only within the artistic history of Florence and its monuments but also within the popular culture of the period as well"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents 1. THE COMMISSION AND HISTORY OF THE DAVID -- Box 1.1 The 1504 Advisory Committee -- Box 1.2 Chronology for the David -- 2. David, Narrative Ambiguity, and the Competition With Antiquity -- 3. The David And Sculpture At The Cathedral -- Box 3.1 Chronology of Sculpture at the Cathedral and Baptistry at the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century -- 4. David And The Symbols Of The State At The Palazzo Della Signoria -- Box 4.1 Chronology of Decorative and Sculptural Programs at the Palazzo della Signoria and Associated Historical Events -- 5. Naked Men In Piazza -- Appendix A Concerning Michelangelo's David and Other Related Commissions -- pt. 1 Original Documents for Michelangelo's David and Its Predecessors -- pt. 2 Translation of Documents for Michelangelo's David and Its Predecessors -- Appendix B Report of the Committee to Advise on the Placement of the David: Transcription and Translation.
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Language Main text in English, original documents transcribed in Latin and Italian.
Subject Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564. David.
David (Michelangelo Buonarroti)
Art and society -- Italy -- Florence -- History -- 16th century.
Art and society.
Italy -- Florence.
History.
Chronological Term 16th century
Subject Florence (Italy) -- Symbolic representation.
Florence (Italy) -- Politics and government -- 1421-1737.
Chronological Term 1421-1737
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Bagemihl, Rolf.
Other Form: Print version: Paoletti, John T. Michelangelo's David. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015 9781107043596 110704359X (DLC) 2014033159 (OCoLC)888401511
ISBN 9781107338784 (electronic book)
1107338786 (electronic book)
9781316247693 (electronic book)
1316247694 (electronic book)
9781316249598
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110704359X
9781107043596
9781107043596
110704359X
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