Title & Author:

The cultural politics of Duke Cosimo I de'Medici / edited by Konrad Eisenbichler.

Publication:

Aldershot [England] ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, ©2001.

Description:

xxi, 262 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Konrad Eisenbichler -- Francesco Vettori, Francesco Guicciardini and Cosimo I: the Prince after Machiavelli / Marcello Simonetta -- A Republic in Jeopardy: Cosimo I de' Medici and the Republic of Lucca / Mary Hewlett -- Cosimo I and the Anglo-French Negotiations of 1550 / Laura E. Hunt -- Cellini's Trial for Sodomy: Power and Patronage at the Court of Cosimo I / Margaret A. Gallucci -- Lessons from the Past: the Palazzo Medici as Political 'Mentor' in Sixteenth-Century Florence / Roger J. Crum -- Claiming a Place in History: Giorgio Vasari's Ragionamenti and the Primacy of the Medici / Paola Tinagli -- Cosimo's Cavallo: a Study in Imperial Imagery / Mary Weitzel Gibbons -- Lorenzo Torrentino and the Cultural Programme of Cosimo I de' Medici / Antonio Ricci -- The Reception of Dante in the Time of Cosimo I / Mary Alexandra Watt -- Fasseli gratia per poetessa: Duke Cosimo I de' Medici's Role in the Florentine Literary Circle of Tullia d'Aragona / Deana Basile -- Cosimo and Eleonora in Shepherdland: a Lost Eclogue by Laura Battiferra degli Ammannati / Victoria Kirkham -- The Accademia del Disegno and Fellowships of Discourse at the Court of Cosimo I de' Medici / Karen-edis Barzman -- Ritual and Parody in Mid-Cinquecento Florence: Cosimo de' Medici and the Accademia del Piano / Domenico Zanre -- An Experimental Culture: the Art of the Economy and the Economy of Art under Cosimo I and Francesco I / Philip Gavitt.

Summary:

This collection of papers offers a re-evaluation of the alleged destroyer of Florentine liberty & republicanism, the much maligned Duke Cosimo I de' Medici. He used the legal system to achieve his objectives in an intelligent manner.

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ISBN:

0754602672 (alk. paper)
9780754602675 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Cosimo I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574.
Medici, House of.
Maison des Médicis.
Cosimo I. Toskana, Großherzog 1519-1574
Cosimo Toskana, Großherzog, I.
Politics and government
Kulturpolitik
Cultuurbeleid.
Kunstbevordering.
Politieke activiteit.
Florence (Italy) Politics and government 1421-1737.
Tuscany (Italy) Politics and government 1434-1737.
Florence (Italie) Administration 1421-1737.
Toscane (Italie) Politique et gouvernement 1434-1737.
Italy Florence.
Italy Tuscany.
Florenz

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Added entries:

Eisenbichler, Konrad.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 219237
Call No.: DG738.17 .C8 2001
Status: Available