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Imagining the Americas in Medici Florence

"Studies the impact of the discovery of the Americas on Italian Renaissance art and culture, focusing on the Medici engagement with the New World and its effects on collecting and art production in Florence during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries"--Provided by publisher

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Main Author: Markey, Lia (Author, VerfasserIn)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press , [2016]
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Online Access:http://kunst.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/jstor-ebooks-art/www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/j.ctv14gp5gh
Related Items:Erscheint auch als: Imagining the Americas in Medici Florence
Author Notes:Lia Markey
E-Book Packages:JSTOR E-Books in Art, Design and Photography
Notes:FID-Lizenz "FID Kunst, Fotografie, Design" (keine Universitätslizenz)
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Summary:"Studies the impact of the discovery of the Americas on Italian Renaissance art and culture, focusing on the Medici engagement with the New World and its effects on collecting and art production in Florence during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries"--Provided by publisher
The New World and Italy in the early sixteenth century -- A turkey in a Medici tapestry -- The Americas in the Guardaroba Nuova -- Francesco's exchange and documentation of American nature -- The Stanzino and the representation of the New World -- Between ethnography and fantasy in Ferdinando's New World -- The Florentine Codex and Buti's frescoes of Amerindians -- Stradano's invention of the Americas -- The Americas both real and imagined
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-255) and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 241 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9780271078243