and#8220;An excellent introduction to the art of Renaissance Florence. . . . Highly recommended.and#8221;
and#8220;A compact nicely illustrated introduction to the art of Florence with much to offer for those who teach or study the Italian Renaissance.and#8221;
and#8220;Partridgeand#8217;s detailed observations make his text exciting.and#8221;
"Loren Partridge has written an extraordinarily useful book, not only for teachers, but also for historically minded travelers interested in an illustrated guide to the art of Renaissance Florence."--Evelyn Lincoln, Brown University
In this absorbing illustrated history, Loren Partridge takes the reader on an insightful tour of Renaissance Florence and sheds new light on its celebrated art and culture by examining the city's great architectural and artistic achievements in their political, intellectual, and religious contexts. This essential and accessible text, the only up-to-date volume on Renaissance Florence currently available, incorporates insights from recent scholarship, including gender studies, while emphasizing the artists' social status, rivalries, and innovations. The result is a multilevel exploration of how the celebrated Florentine culture formally registers in specific works of art or architecture and how these works interactively informed and often shaped the culture.
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Renaissance
Humanism
Independent Portraits
Perspective
Narrative
The Human Body
Classicizing Architecture
The Status of Artists
Pre-Renaissance Florence
Roman and Early Medieval Florence
Peopleand#8217;s Government
The Priorate
The Priorsand#8217; Palace
Piazza della Signoria and the Priorsand#8217; Loggia
Final Circuit of Walls and Florentine Expansion
The Cathedral and Or San Michele
I Florence Under the Albizzi and the Medici, 1400and#150;1494
1 Civic Architecture and Urbanism
Brunelleschiand#8217;s Foundling Hospital
Piazza della SS. Annunziata
2 Freestanding Public Sculpture
Cathedral Buttress Figures
Donatelloand#8217;s Marble David Or San Michele, I
Donatelloand#8217;s St. Mark
Nanni di Bancoand#8217;s Four Crowned Saints
Ghibertiand#8217;s St. John the Baptist
Donatelloand#8217;s St. George
Donatelloand#8217;s St. Louis of Toulouse
Campanile
Donatelloand#8217;s Abraham and Isaac
Donatelloand#8217;s Zuccone
Or San Michele, II
Verrocchioand#8217;s Christ and Doubting Thomas
3 Ecclesiastical Architecture
The Cathedral Dome
S. Lorenzo
The Old Sacristy
The Church
S. Marco
The Church and Monastery
The Library
S. Spirito
The Faand#231;ade of S. Maria Novella
4 The Baptistery Doors
Competition Reliefs
Brunelleschi
Ghiberti
Ghibertiand#8217;s First Doors
Annunciation
Ghibertiand#8217;s Gates of Paradise
Creation of Adam and Eve, Temptation and Fall, Expulsion from Paradise
Jacob and Esau
Solomon and Sheba
5 Altarpieces and Chapels
S. Maria degli Angeli: Lorenzo Monacoand#8217;s Coronation of the Virgin
S. Maria Novella, I: Masaccioand#8217;s Trinity
S. Maria del Carmine: Masaccio and Masolinoand#8217;s Brancacci Chapel
Temptation and Fall and Expulsion from Paradise
Tribute Money
Peter Heals with His Shadow and Death of Ananias
S. Lorenzo, I: Old Sacristy
Buggianoand#8217;s Sarcophagus
Donatelloand#8217;s Decoration
S. Marco: High Altarpiece and Cells
Fra Angelicoand#8217;s S. Marco Altarpiece
Fra Angelicoand#8217;s Annunciation
SS. Annunziata, I: Castagnoand#8217;s Trinity with St. Jerome
S. Miniato al Monte: The Cardinal of Portugaland#8217;s
Chapel
North Wall
East Wall
West Wall
S. Lorenzo, II
Verrocchioand#8217;s Tomb of Cosimo il Vecchio
Donatelloand#8217;s Bronze Pulpits
Verrocchioand#8217;s Tomb of Piero and Giovanni deand#8217; Medici, Old Sacristy
SS. Annunziata, II: Antonio and Piero Pollaiuoloand#8217;s
St. Sebastian
S. Trinita: Ghirlandaioand#8217;s Sassetti Chapel
Confirmation of the Rule of St. Francis
St. Francis Resurrects a Boy Who Fell from a Palace
Window in 1266
Nativity
S. Maria Novella, II: Filippino Lippiand#8217;s Strozzi Chapel
St. John Raises Drusiana
St. Philip Exorcises a Dragon
6 Refectories
S. Apollonia: Castagnoand#8217;s Last Supper
S. Marco: Ghirlandaioand#8217;s Last Supper
7 Palaces
The Medici Palace
The Rucellai Palace
The Pitti Palace, I
The Strozzi Palace
8 Halls of State: Palazzo
Vecchio, I
Uccelloand#8217;s Battle of S. Romano
Ghirlandaioand#8217;s Sala dei Gigli
9 Palace Chapels: The Medici Palace
Gozzoliand#8217;s Journey of the Magi
Filippo Lippiand#8217;s Nativity
10 Freestanding Palace Sculpture: The Medici Palace
Donatelloand#8217;s Bronze David
Donatelloand#8217;s Bronze Judith and Holofernes
11 Wedding Chests and Birth Trays
Scheggiaand#8217;s Reconciliation between the Romans and the Sabines
Masaccioand#8217;s Lying-in of a Florentine Lady
12 Spalliera Painting
Botticelliand#8217;s Primavera
Botticelliand#8217;s Nastagio degli Onesti
13 Portraits
Uccelloand#8217;s Young Man
Filippo Lippiand#8217;s Lorenzo Scolari and Angiola Sapiti
Piero di Cosimoand#8217;s Cleopatra
Mino da Fiesoleand#8217;s Piero deand#8217; Medici
Botticelliand#8217;s Woman at a Window
Botticelliand#8217;s Man Holding a Medallion of Cosimo il Vecchio
Leonardoand#8217;s Ginevra deand#8217; Benci
14 Devotional Works
Donatelloand#8217;s Shaw Madonna
Filippo Lippiand#8217;s Virgin and Child with Two Angels
Botticelliand#8217;s Madonna of the Magnificat
Michelangeloand#8217;s Madonna of the Steps
II Florence Under the Second Republic, 1494and#150;1512
15 Halls of State: Palazzo Vecchio, II
Sala Grande, I
Leonardoand#8217;s Battle of Anghiari
Michelangeloand#8217;s Battle of Cascina
16 Freestanding Public Sculpture
Michelangeloand#8217;s David
17 Altarpieces
SS. Annunziata: Leonardoand#8217;s St. Anne Cartoon Palazzo Vecchio, Sala Grande: Fra Bartolomeoand#8217;s
St. Anne Altarpiece
18 Portraits
Leonardoand#8217;s Mona Lisa
Raphaeland#8217;s Portraits of Agnolo and Maddalena Doni
19 Devotional Works
Michelangeloand#8217;s Doni Tondo
Raphaeland#8217;s Madonna della Sedia
III Florence Under the Medici Popes, 1513and#150;1534
20 Civic Architecture and Urbanism
Piazza della SS. Annunziata
21 Freestanding Palace Sculpture: The Medici Palace
Bandinelliand#8217;s Orpheus with Cerberus
22 Chapels and Libraries: S. Lorenzo
Michelangeloand#8217;s New Sacristy
Michelangeloand#8217;s Laurentian Library
23 Altarpieces and Devotional Works
S. Francesco: Sartoand#8217;s Madonna of the Harpies
Rossoand#8217;s Moses Defending and the Daughters of Jethro
S. Felicitand#224;: Pontormoand#8217;s Deposition
24 Portraits
Sartoand#8217;s Man with a Book
Sartoand#8217;s Woman with Petrarchand#8217;s Poems
Rossoand#8217;s Young Man
IV Florence Under the Medici Dukes, 1531and#150;1600
25 Earlier Freestanding Public Sculpture
Bandinelliand#8217;s Hercules and Cacus
26 Palace Chapels: Palazzo Vecchio
Bronzinoand#8217;s Chapel of Eleonora
Altarpiece
Altar Wall and St. Michael
Crossing of the Red Sea and St. Francis
27 Palaces: Pitti Palace, II and Boboli Gardens
28 Churches and Church Decoration
Vasariand#8217;s Renovation of S. Croce and S. Maria Novella
S. Croce: Vasariand#8217;s Doubting Thomas
29 Civic Architecture and Urbanism
Tassoand#8217;s Mercato Nuovo
Vasariand#8217;s Uffizi
30 Later Freestanding Public Sculpture
Celliniand#8217;s Perseus
Ammannatiand#8217;s Neptune Fountain
Dantiand#8217;s Rigor, Equity, and Cosimo I as Augustus
Giambolognaand#8217;s Cosimo I in Armor
Giambolognaand#8217;s Rape of the Sabines
Giambolognaand#8217;s Equestrian Monument to Cosimo I
31 Portraits
Bronzinoand#8217;s Ugolino Martelli
Bronzinoand#8217;s Cosimo I as Orpheus
Bronzinoand#8217;s Cosimo I in Armor
Bronzinoand#8217;s Eleonora of Toledo with Her Son Giovanni
Vasariand#8217;s Apotheosis of Cosimo I
32 Halls of State: Palazzo Vecchio, III
Salviatiand#8217;s Sala di Udienza
Bandinelli and Vasariand#8217;s Sala Grande, II
Genealogy of the Medici
Timeline
Glossary
Artistsand#8217; Biographies
Selected Bibliography
List of Illustrations
Index