Author: James R. Lindow
Title: Renaissance Palace in Florence Magnificence and Splendour in Fifteenth-Century Italy
Description: hardcover with dusjacket, 286 pages, Illustrated. signed by auteur copy !. ISBN 9780754660927. ¶ Signed copy !!! This book provides a reassessment of the theory of magnificence in light of the related social virtue of splendour. Author James Lindow highlights how magnificence, when applied to private palaces, extended beyond the exterior to include the interior as a series of splendid spaces where virtuous expenditure could and should be displayed. Examining the fifteenth-century Florentine palazzo from a new perspective, Lindow's groundbreaking study considers these buildings comprehensively as complete entities, from the exterior through to the interior. This book highlights the ways in which classical theory and Renaissance practice intersected in quattrocento Florence. Using unpublished inventories, private documents and surviving domestic objects, The Renaissance Palace in Florence offers a more nuanced understanding of the early modern urban palace.
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Title: Renaissance Palace in Florence Magnificence and Splendour in Fifteenth-Century Italy
Description: hardcover with dusjacket, 286 pages, Illustrated. signed by auteur copy !. ISBN 9780754660927. ¶ Signed copy !!! This book provides a reassessment of the theory of magnificence in light of the related social virtue of splendour. Author James Lindow highlights how magnificence, when applied to private palaces, extended beyond the exterior to include the interior as a series of splendid spaces where virtuous expenditure could and should be displayed. Examining the fifteenth-century Florentine palazzo from a new perspective, Lindow's groundbreaking study considers these buildings comprehensively as complete entities, from the exterior through to the interior. This book highlights the ways in which classical theory and Renaissance practice intersected in quattrocento Florence. Using unpublished inventories, private documents and surviving domestic objects, The Renaissance Palace in Florence offers a more nuanced understanding of the early modern urban palace.
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Price: EUR 100.00 = appr. US$ 108.68 Seller: Erik Tonen Books
- Book number: 52953
- Book number: 52953
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