TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kent,D.V.
TI  - Cosimo de' Medici and the Florentine Renaissance: the patron's oeuvre 
SN  - 0300081286 (alk. paper)
U1  - 709.024 REN 
PY  - 2000///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Medici, Cosimo de',
KW  - Arts, Italian
KW  - Italy
KW  - Florence
KW  - Arts, Renaissance
KW  - Florence (Italy)
KW  - Social life and customs
N1  - 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
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