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Lorenzo de' Medici and the Art of Magnificence (The Johns Hopkins Symposia in Comparative...
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Lorenzo de' Medici and the Art of Magnificence (The Johns Hopkins Symposia in Comparative...
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by F. W. Kent
Sales Rank : 982769
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Hardcover: 248 pages
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press July 2, 2004
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0801878683
ISBN-13: 978-0801878688
Product Dimensions:
8.5 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
Product Review
Very much a book about Lorenzo the Magnificent's self-education and formation as a patron of the arts and builder of Florence. Based on a lot of new research in primary documents. Text enhanced by newly-taken photos of some of Lorenzo's buildings. He might have outshone his grandfather Cosimo if he had lived longer, having died at 42.
"This suggestive book looks for its audience to art historians whom F. W. Kent feels might benefit from a historian's discussion of the fragmentary information surrounding Lorenzo's various activities." -- Melissa Meriam Bullard, American Historical Review
"Kent has brought the breadth and depth of knowledge furnished by his nigh on forty years' research in the archives and libraries of Florence, an extraordinarily sensitive ear for the voices of his fifteenth-century Florentines, a nuanced and subtle understanding of their society and its leading figure, and a Renaissance elegance of structure and writing." -- Ros Pesman, Australian Book Review
"Extremely valuable Even though the book tackles a specific theme -- Lorenzo the Magnificence's relationship with the visual arts -- it also characterizes this key Renaissance figure in the broad political, cultural, and psychological terms available only to a scholar so deeply engaged with every aspect of Lorenzo's life." -- Lorenzo Fabbri, Renaissance Quarterly
Product Review
"Elegantly compresses long study, and will stand as a companion to the same author's forthcoming two-volume biography of Lorenzo." -- Patricia Rubin, Burlington Magazine
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