Main entry:

Jacks, Philip Joshua, 1954-

Title & Author:

The Spinelli of Florence : fortunes of a Renaissance merchant family / Philip Jacks and William Caferro.

Publication:

University Park, Pa. : Penn State University Press, ©2001.

Description:

xxi, 418 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-405) and index.
1 First Spinelli 15 -- 2 Tommaso Spinelli, the Borromei, and Compagnia di Corte: The Roman Bank (1419-1447) 33 -- 3 "Lo Piu Antico Mercadante": A Florentine Banker at the Courts of Nicholas V and Calixtus III 53 -- 4 Merchant and Manufacturer: The Wool and Silk Firms of Tommaso Spinelli 77 -- 5 Borgo S. Croce and Gonfalone Lion Nero 91 -- 6 Donations to Santa Croce 143 -- 7 Life on the Villa: Rignalla and Compiobbi 215 -- 8 Fortunes of a Family 243 -- Appendix I Genealogical Trees 277.
Text in English with Italian and Latin.

Summary:

"The Spinelli family owed much of its wealth and power to the efforts of one individual, Tommaso, who broke into banking through the Alberti and Borromei organizations, then served as depository general under Pope Eugene IV and as financial officer to three subsequent popes. Tommaso elevated his status in society through ties of business and marriage rather than through political alliances, which had led to the exile and decline of several of Florence's once-distinguished families. Like his contemporary, Cosimo de' Medici, Tommaso had a taste for magnificence and poured his considerable resources into the construction of palaces and villas. He also made liberal donations to Santa Croce, Florence's great Franciscan church.
Although eager for fame, Tommaso was aware of the danger of public censure and seized upon opportunities to uphold religious and artistic tradition." "This interdisciplinary book, written by an architectural historian and an economic historian, adds significantly to our knowledge of family life, merchant banking, and art patronage in Renaissance Florence."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0271019247 (alk. paper)
9780271019246 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Spinelli family.
Spinelli, Tommaso.
Spinelli (Family)
Spinelli Familie ca. 13.-20. Jh.
Spinelli Familie.
Art patrons Italy Florence Biography.
Artists and patrons Italy Florence.
Mécènes Italie Florence Biographies.
Artistes et mécènes Italie Florence.
Mecenatismo Firenze Sec. 15.
Art patrons.
Artists and patrons.
Kooplieden.
Bankiers.
Italy Florence.
Florenz

Form/genre:

collective biographies.
Biographies.

Added entries:

Caferro, William.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 220176
Call No.: N5273.2.S5 J3 2001
Status: Available