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Lorenzo and Giovanna: Timeless Art and Fleeting Lives in Renaissance Florence

Door Gert Jan Van der Sman

Categorie
Algemeen Kunst
Boeknummer
#313061-VD6
Titel
Lorenzo and Giovanna: Timeless Art and Fleeting Lives in Renaissance Florence
Auteur
Van der Sman, Gert Jan
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Florence : Mandragora
Jaar van uitgave
2010
ISBN10
8874611285
ISBN13
9788874611287
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, illustrations in colour, large 8vo.
Samenvatting
Beauty and drama come together in this true and compelling story set in the colourful, turbulent world of late-15th-century Florence. The talented son of a successful banker and the beautiful daughter of an influential patrician: their marriage seemed made in heaven, but they were both to meet untimely and tragic ends. This book tells the story of two forgotten protagonists of the Florentine Renaissance: Lorenzo Tornabuoni (1468-97) and his wife, Giovanna degli Albizzi (1468-88). Unpublished documents from family archives allow us to glimpse their daily lives, while poems and works of art offer insight into their notions of love, marriage, birth, death and hopes of eternal life. The contradictions of Italian Renaissance culture clearly emerge, such as the tendency to combine a highly princ... (Lees verder)ipled intellectual life and aesthetic refinement with self-glorification and political ruthlessness. The author shows how life and art were completely interwoven in this period, and explains the significance of works of art by the likes of Botticelli and Ghirlandaio and their place in the lives of Lorenzo and Giovanna.
Pagina's
219
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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