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Cambridge University Press Cambridge Mythological Origins of Renaissance Florence Book

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Explore the deep historical connections between Renaissance Florence and the great cities of antiquity. In this scholarly work from Cambridge University Press, Irina Chernetsky examines how the city was promoted as a reincarnation of Athens, Rome, and Jerusalem. This study looks at how humanists, patrons, and artists shaped a specific image of an ideal Florence through various forms of expression. Readers will find a detailed analysis of how this concept appeared in chronicles, histories, poetry, and prose. The book also traces these mythological themes through art treatises, religious sermons, paintings, sculpture, and sketches. By looking at the buildings erected during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, Chernetsky shows how these symbolic ideas became a permanent part of the city's identity. This text is an essential resource for those interested in the history of art, Renaissance culture, and the evolution of urban identity in Italy.

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Examines the promotion of Florence as a reincarnation of Athens, Rome, and Jerusalem by Renaissance humanists and patrons.

Analyzes how the ideal image of the city was expressed through poetry, prose, chronicles, and histories.

Traces mythological themes through visual arts including paintings, sculptures, and sketches.

Investigates the architectural encoding of these concepts in buildings from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

Provides scholarly insight into how religious sermons and art treatises shaped the city's identity.

Explores the relationship between the historical concept of an ideal city and the real social fabric of Florence.

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Brand: Cambridge University Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1316510956
Category: Books > Subjects > Arts & Photography > History & Criticism > History
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 13 October 2022
Listed Since: 13 November 2021

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