Kent, D. V. <br/><br/>
Cosimo de' Medici and the Florentine Renaissance :  the patron's oeuvre / 
Dale Kent. 
 - New Haven :  Yale University Press,  c2000. 
 - xiii, 537 p. :  ill. (some col.), maps ;  29 cm. 
<br/><br/> Part I - The patron's oeuvre --  Cosimo's oeuvre --  Cosimo's letters --  Learning the lessons of Florentine culture : Who Cosimo knew --  Educating the patron : What Cosimo read --  Part II - The common culture of the Florentine audience : The Medici share in this --  Venues and performances --  Compilations and the corpus of texts --  Popular devotion and the prerception of images --  Images of Florentine patronage refracted through popular culture --  Part III - Cosimo's religious commissions --  Expiation, charity, intercession --  Building "for the honor of God, and the honor of the city, and the memory of me" --  Part IV - The house of the Medici --  The palace : Measuring self on the urban map --  Accomodating the patron --  The chapel in the heart of the palace : A microcosm of Medici patronage --  Part V - The patron as "auctor" --  Patrons and their artists : "The variety of genius" --  The patron's choice : Princes, patricians, partisans --  Conclusion : An oeuvre defines its patron : Cosimo's visable image --  Appendix A : A list of what appear to be popular miscellanies compiled from the Pupilli record. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0300081286 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>00031038 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Medici, Cosimo de', 1389-1464 --Art patronage.<br/>Medici, Cosimo de', 1389-1464 --Art patronage.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Arts, Italian--Italy--Florence.<br/>Arts, Renaissance--Italy--Florence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Florence (Italy)--Social life and customs.<br/>Florence (Italy)--Social life and customs.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>709.024 REN