| Description |
xvi, 378 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), music ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-367) and index. |
| Contents |
Modes of artistic communication and perception in early modern Florence -- "A more than virile prudence" : Archduchess Maria Magdalena -- Amazons of God : virgin martyr spectacles, 1621-25 -- "Una forte, magnanima, e generosa vedova" : Judith -- "She hoped to see in the triumphs of religion the triumphs of her house" : epic-chivalric poems and the equestrian ballets -- "Now it suits me to beseech" : end of the regency, end of a decade (1628-30) -- "One of the most perfect unions of the spiritual and the temporal imaginable" : the Monastero di Santa Croce -- "Queens of the Arno" : Medici princesses and the Crocetta -- Appendix A. Female worthies depicted in lunette frescoes in the audience room, Villa Poggio Imperiale -- Appendix B. Summary of Book 3 of the "Acts of Paul". |
| Subject |
Women art patrons -- Italy -- Florence -- History -- 17th century.
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Women art patrons. |
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Italy -- Florence. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
17th century |
| Subject |
Medici, House of -- Art patronage.
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Medici, House of. |
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Art patronage. |
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Florence (Italy) -- Kings and rulers -- Art patronage.
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Arts, Italian -- Italy -- Florence -- History -- 17th century.
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Arts, Italian. |
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Music -- Italy -- Florence -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
| ISBN |
0226316599 cloth alkaline paper |
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