Images of quattrocento Florence : selected writings in literature, history, and art /
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| Imprint: | New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, ©2000. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (lxiv, 350 pages) : illustrations. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Italian literature and thought series Italian literature and thought series. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12041774 |
Table of Contents:
- A defense of the Roman origins of Florence
- The republican legacy
- Inquiry into the origins of Florence
- So depraved a man as Julius Caesar should not be deemed the founder of Florence
- The original site of Florence contrasted with its present splendor
- The only city founded by three Roman generals
- Panegyric of Florence
- The structure of the Florentine government
- The beauties of the Florentine countryside
- A letter to Bartolommeo Cederni on gambling at the feast of St. John
- A new Rome
- A critique of Cosimo's Florence.
- A merchant's praise of Florence
- On the celebrations for Pius II's and Galeazzo Maria Sforza's visits to Florence
- The city's unparalleled economic prosperity
- Lorenzo the Magnificent's Utopian state
- The glories of a new golden age
- The Pazzi conspiracy
- A condemnation of Lorenzo's regime
- The entry of Charles VIII, King of France, into Florence
- The lives of Dante and Petrarch
- Lives of the illustrious Florentine poets Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio
- A heavenly vision after the battle of Campaldino
- The first anthology of vernacular poetry.
- Proem to the first edition of Dante's Divine Comedy
- Florence welcomes Dante upon his return from exile
- Giotto's revival of ancient art
- Giotto brings art out of the Dark Ages
- The marvel of Brunelleschi's dome for the Cathedral of Florence
- Brunelleschi and Donatello discover ancient Roman treasures
- Eminent Florentine artists of the Quattrocento
- An account of the great local artists
- The beauty of Florence surpasses that of ancient Athens
- An artistic Vade Mecum for the city of Florence
- Tuscany as the cradle of christianity
- Vision of the future of Italy.
- A prophecy of a new age
- The consecration of the Cathedral of Florence
- A history of Florentine piety
- A guide to Florence's holy sites
- A treatise on the Florentine government
- An Epistle to the Fanciulli
- Two poems on spiritual renewal
- The rise and fall of the self-made prophet Girolamo Savonarola
- Metropolite Isidore's journey to the Council of Florence
- The heir to Roman justice
- Bittersweet praise of Florence
- A celebration of Florentine eloquence
- Praise of the city before its authorities.
- A sketch of Florence and its domain
- The delights of the Medici Villa in Careggi.
