The Renaissance palace in Florence : magnificence and splendour in fifteenth-century Italy /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2007] |
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| Retention: | Retained for Eastern Academic Scholars' Trust (EAST) http://eastlibraries.org/retained-materials |
| Online Access: | Table of contents only |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- Debated concepts: magnificence and splendour
- The classical and medieval precedents for magnificence
- The magnificence debate in 15th-century Florence
- The currency of the magnificence debates in 15th-century Florence
- Magnificent architecture
- The motivation to build: for God, for the city and for oneself
- Exemplary magnificence: building anew in the antique style
- The principle of decorum in the architectural treatises of Alberti and Filarete
- Going beyond the palace facade
- Connecting the interior and exterior
- The accessibility of the palace and its spaces
- Magnificent hospitality in the splendid interior
- The splendid interior
- Rooms and their functions
- Furniture and display in the splendid interior
- La camera bella: the room made beautiful through domestic display
- Conclusion
- Inventory of Gabriello di Messer Bartolomeo Panciatichi (1430)
- Inventory of Gismondo di Messer Agniolo della Stufa (1495)
- 'Camera bella' of Lorenzo di Giovanni Tornabuoni (1497)
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index