Images of quattrocentro Florence : selected writings in literature, history and art /
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| Imprint: | New Haven : Yale University Press, c2000. |
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| Description: | lxiv, 350 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Italian literature and thought series Italian literature and thought series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4274098 |
Table of Contents:
- Map of Italy Circa 1490 / Andrea Alberico
- City Plan of Late Quattrocento Florence / Andrea Alberico
- Chronology of Fifteenth-Century Florence
- 1. A Defense of the Roman Origins of Florence / Coluccio Salutati
- 2. The Republican Legacy / Leonardo Bruni
- 3. Inquiry into the Origins of Florence / Giovanni Gherardi
- 4. So Depraved a Man as Julius Caesar Should Not Be Deemed the Founder of Florence / Giovanni Cavalcanti
- 5. The Original Site of Florence Contrasted with Its Present Splendor / Cristoforo Landino
- 6. The Only City Founded by Three Roman Generals / Angelo Poliziano
- 7. Panegyric of Florence / Leonardo Bruni
- 8. The Structure of the Florentine Government / Goro Dati
- 9. The Beauties of the Florentine Countryside / Giovanni Morelli
- 10. A Letter to Bartolommeo Cederni on Gambling at the Fast of St. John / Francesco Caccini
- 11. A New Rome / Vespasiano da Bisticci
- 12. A Critique of Cosimo's Florence / Marco Parenti
- 13. A Merchant's Praise of Florence / Giovanni Rucellai
- 14. On the Celebrations for Pius II's and Galeazzo Maria Sforza's Visits to Florence / Francesco Filarete
- 15. The City's Unparalleled Economic Prosperity / Denedetto Dei
- 16. Lorenzo the Magnificent's Utopian State / Luca Pulci
- 17. The Glories of a New Golden Age / Ugolino Verino
- 18. The Pazzi Conspiracy / Angelo Poliziano
- 19. A Condemnation of Lorenzo's Regime / Alamanno Rinuccini
- 20. The Entry of Charles VIII, King of France, into Florence / Luca Landucci
- 21. The Lives of Dante and Petrarch / Leonardo Bruni
- 22. Lives of the Illustrious Florentine Poets Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio / Giannozzo Manetti
- 23. A Heavenly Vision After the Battle of Campaldino / Matteo Palmieri
- 24. The First Anthology of Vernacular Poetry / Angelo Poliziano
- 25. Proem to the First Edition of Dante's Divine Comedy / Cristoforo Landino
- 26. Florence Welcomes Dante upon His Return from Exile / Marsilio Ficino
- 27. Giotto's Revival of Ancient Art / Filippo Villani
- 28. Giotto Brings Art out of the Dark Ages / Lorenzo Ghiberti
- 29. The Marvel of Brunelleschi's Dome for the Cathedral of Florence / Leon Battista Alberti
- 30. Brunelleschi and Donatello Discover Ancient Roman Treasures / Antonio Manetti
- 31. Eminent Florentine Artists of the Quattrocento
- 32. An Account of the Great Local Artists / Cristoforo Landino
- 33. The Beauty of Florence Surpasses that of Ancient Athens / Ugolino Verino
- 34. An Artistic Vade Mecum for the City of Florence / Francesco Albertini
- 35. Tuscany as the Cradle of Christianity / Giovanni Gherardi
- 36. Vision of the Future of Italy / Antonio da Rieti
- 37. A Prophecy of a New Age
- 38. The Consecration of the Cathedral of Florence / Feo Belcari
- 39. A History of Florentine Piety / Ugolino Verino
- 40. A Guide to Florence's Holy Sites / Domenico da Corella
- 41. A Treatise on the Florentine Government / Girolamo Savonarola
- 42. An Epistle to the Fanciulli / Piero Bernardo
- 43. Two Poems on Spiritual Renewal / Girolamo Benivieni
- 44. The Rise and Fall of the Self-Made Prophet Girolamo Savonarola / Luca Landucci
- 45. Metropolite Isidore's Journey to the Council of Florence
- 46. The Heir to Roman Justice / Stefano Porcari
- 47. Bittersweet Praise of Florence / Pope Pius II
- 48. A Celebration of Florentine Eloquence / Ludovico Carbone
- 49. Praise of the City Before Its Authorities / Pandolfo Collenuccio
- 50. A Sketch of Florence and Its Domain / Flavio Biondo
- 51. The Delights of the Medici Villa in Careggi / Galeazzo Maria Sforza.