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Cultivating the Renaissance : a social history of the Medici Tuscan villas /

"By exploring the evolution of the Medici family's villas, Cultivating the Renaissance charts the shifting politics, philosophy and aesthetics of the age and chronicles the rise of an extraordinary family from obscure farmers to European royalty. Lavishly illustrated, Cultivating the Renai...

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Main Authors: Campbell, Katie (Katie G.), 1957-
Published: Routledge,
Publisher Address: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York :
Publication Dates: 2022.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Medici, House of > Homes and haunts > Italy > Tuscany.
Maison des Médicis > Résidences et lieux familiers > Toscane. > Toscane.
Medici, House of.
Architecture and society > Italy > Tuscany > History.
Architecture, Domestic > Italy > Tuscany > History.
Architecture, Renaissance > Italy > Tuscany.
Architecture et société > Toscane > Toscane > Histoire.
Architecture de la Renaissance > Toscane. > Toscane.
Architecture and society.
Architecture, Domestic.
Architecture, Renaissance.
Homes.
Italy > Tuscany.
History.
Summary: "By exploring the evolution of the Medici family's villas, Cultivating the Renaissance charts the shifting politics, philosophy and aesthetics of the age and chronicles the rise of an extraordinary family from obscure farmers to European royalty. Lavishly illustrated, Cultivating the Renaissance is of great interest to students and scholars of architecture, horticulture, landscape history, philosophy, art, and the history of the Renaissance in Italy"--
Carrier Form: xi, 205 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781032062129
9781032062105
103206210X
1032062126
Index Number: NA2543
CLC: TU-881.546
Call Number: TU-881.546/C188
Contents: The early Renaissance villa as a humanist retreat -- The high Renaissance villa as royal court -- The late Renaissance villa as pleasure palace.

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