Wirtz, Rolf C. 1964- creator Manenti, Clemente. text biography gw 2000 English ed. monographic eng spa

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560 p. ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; plans ; 17 cm. "Florentia, the "flowering" city: Under the Medici family, artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, and Brunelleschi turned the city into an artistic center and awakened Italian Humanism. Even today the visitor feels the unique flair when strolling through the streets, past the Duomo Santa Maria del Fiore, the Piazza della Signoria, and the treasures of the Uffizi." -- Table of Contents: 8 Florence Through the Centuries: Notes on the City’s History -- 18 The Battle of Anghiari -- 22 In the Heart of the City – from the Piazza del Duomo to the Piazza della Signoria (Map p.27) -- 25 Battistero San Giovanni -- 50 Duomo Santa Maria del Fiore (ground plan p.58) -- 66 Filippo Brunelleschi – The Early Renaissance Uomo Universale -- 69 Museo dell’Opera del Duomo -- 80 Plato in Florence – The Florentine Academy which Changed the Course of European Culture -- 84 Loggia del Bigallo -- 86 Orsanmichelle (Ground plan p.86) -- 94 Piazza della Signoria -- 96 David – The Great Hero of the City of Florence -- 99 Loggia del Lanzi -- 102 Giorgio Vasari and the Papier Maché City -- 106 Palazzo Vecchio -- 114 Niccolo Machiavelli -- 118 Galleria degli Uffizi (Ground plan p. 128) -- 144 The Florentine Art of Drawing and the ‘’Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe’’ -- 172 Giorgio Vasari – The Father of Art History -- 196 South of Santa Maria Novella (Map p.207) -- 198 Santa Maria Novella (Ground plan p. 200) -- 210 The Discovery of Central Perspective -- 212 The Technique of Fresco Painting -- 230 Santa Maria Maggiore -- 232 Piazza della Repubblica -- 234 Loggia del Mercato Nuovo -- 236 Palazzo Strozzi -- 238 Palazzo Davanzati – Museo dellÁntica Casa Fiorentina -- 240 Santa Trinita (ground plan p.242) -- 248 Palazzo Rucellai -- 250 The Florentine Renaissance Palazzo -- 254 Museo Marino Marini San Pancrazio -- 256 Ognissanti -- 265 Palazzo Corsini -- 266 From San Lorenzo to the Piazza Santissima Annunziata (Map p.285) -- 268 San Lorenzo (ground plan p. 276) -- 278 Florence and the Medici -- 292 Biblioteca Laurenziana -- 294 Palazzo Medici Riccardi -- 300 The Council of Florence – Between Two Worlds -- 306 Galleria dell’Accademia -- 312 San Marco (ground plans of Museo di San Marco and Chiesa di San Marco p.314, Dormitory p.326) -- 318 Girolamo Savonarola and the Bonfire of the Vanities -- 335 Cenacolo di Sant’Appolonia – Museo Andrea del Castagno -- 336 Chiostro dello Scalzo -- 338 The Great Catastrophes of the Middle Ages – Famine and Plague -- 342 Santissima Annunziata (ground plan p. 344) -- 348 Santa Maria degli Angeli and Ambrogio Traversari -- 352 Ospedale degli Innocenti -- 356 Colorful Terracotta A Specialty from the della Robbia Workshop -- 358 Museo Archeologico -- 360 Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi -- 363 Tempio Israelitico -- 364 Around Santa Croce (Map p. 387) -- 366 Santa Croce (ground plan p. 372) -- 390 Dante Alighieri An Exiled Genius -- 396 San Michele a San Salvi Museo di Andrea del Sarto -- 398 Biblioteca Nazionale -- 400 The Case of Galileo Galilei -- 404 Badia Fiorentina -- 406 Museo Nazionale del Bargello -- 416 The Technique of Bronze Casting -- 418 Oltrarno – beyond the Arno (Map p.441) -- 420 Ponte Vecchio -- 422 San Miniato al Monte (ground plan p. 424) -- 430 The Stendhal Syndrome -- 434 Museo Bardini / Santa Felicita -- 436 The Florentine Style of Encrustation -- 438 Palazzo Pitti (ground plan p. 448) -- 450 Galleria Palatina -- 462 Giovanni Boccaccio – the Author of the Decameron -- 464 Giardino di Boboli (ground plan p.466) -- 472 Florence – the City of Festivals and Celebrations -- 476 Santo Spirito (ground plan p.480) -- 484 Santa Maria del Carmine -- 486 The Burdens of a Cultural Legacy – Problems of Conservation and Tourism -- 498 Appendix -- 500 Glossary -- 526 Biographies of the Artists -- 538 Further Reading -- 540 Medici Family Tree -- 543 Time Chart -- 548 Forms of Florentine Buildings -- 556 Index -- 560 Picture and Map Credits -- Rolf C. Wirtz ; with contributions by Clemente Manenti. Includes index. Art Italy Florence Guidebooks Architecture Italy Florence Guidebooks Florence Italy Guidebooks N6921.F7 W5713 2000 9783833152825 pucpr 041712 20260807104414.0 eng