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Lorenzo de' Medici and the art of magnificence /

"In the past half century, scholars have downplayed the significance of Lorenzo de' Medici (1449-1492) as a patron of the arts. Less wealthy than his grandfather Cosimo, the argument goes, Lorenzo was far more interested in collecting ancient objects of art than in commissioning contempora...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kent, F. W. (Francis William), 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2004.
Colección:Johns Hopkins symposia in comparative history ; 24th.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the myth of Lorenzo
  • The aesthetic education of Lorenzo
  • The temptation to be magnificent, 1468-1484
  • Lorenzo and the Florentine building boom, 1485-1492
  • Lorenzo, "Fine husbandman," and Villa-Builder, 1483-1492.