Lorenzo de' Medici and the art of magnificence
F. W. Kent (Author)
"In the past half century, scholars have downplayed the significance of Lorenzo de' Medici (1449-1492) as a patron of the arts. Less wealthy than his grandfather Cosimo, the argument goes, Lorenzo was far more interested in collecting ancient objects of art than in commissioning contemporary art or architecture. His earlier reputation as a patron was said to be largely a construct of humanist exaggeration and partisan deference."
Print Book, English, 2004
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2004
Biography
xii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780801878688, 9780801886270, 0801878683, 0801886279
52750164
List of IllustrationsAcknowledgments1. Introduction: The Myth of Lorenzo2. The Aesthetic Education of Lorenzo3. The Temptation to Be Magnificent, 1468–14844. Lorenzo and the Florentine Building Boom, 1485–14925. Lorenzo, "Fine Husbandman" and Villa Builder, 1483–1492NotesIndex