Exotic animals in the art and culture of the Medici court in Florence /

"The book examines the role rare and exotic animals played in the cultural self-fashioning and the political imaging of the Medici court during the family's reign first as Dukes of Florence (1532-1569) and subsequently as Grand Dukes of Tuscany (1569-1737). The book opens with an examinati...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Groom, Angelica (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
Series:Rulers & elites ; v. 16.
Subjects:
Medici, House of.
Maison des Médicis.
Medici, House of
Wild animal collecting > Italy > Florence > History.
Animals and civilization > Italy > Florence.
Animals > Symbolic aspects > Italy > Florence > History.
Animaux sauvages > Capture > Italie > Florence > Histoire.
Animaux et civilisation > Italie > Florence.
Animaux > Aspect symbolique > Italie > Florence > Histoire.
HISTORY > Europe > Italy.
Animals and civilization
Animals > Symbolic aspects
Wild animal collecting
Italy > Florence
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and global perspective of animal collecting and menageries
  • Zoological collecting at the Medici court: practices of exchange and processes of procurement
  • Menageries and aviaries in Medicean Florence
  • The sport of the chase: "exotic hunts" at the Medici court
  • Spectacles of slaughter and courtly pageants: exotic beasts
  • As symbols of power and colonial ambitions
  • Animal imagery in the service of political imaging
  • Medici patronage and early modern naturalism: tensions
  • Between scientific and decorative naturalism
  • The Ambrogiana series of animal paintings.

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