Florence : the paintings & frescoes, 1250-1743

King, Ross 1962- (author.). Grebe, Anja, (author.).

Summary: "A comprehensive book on the paintings and frescoes of Florence, with more than 2,000 artworks from the city's great museums and churches"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781631910012
ISBN: 1631910019
Physical Description: print
x, 697 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 28 cm + 2 folded color maps
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Black Dog & Leventhal, 2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Florence, capital of painting and the arts: foreword / Cristina Acidini -- Florence and the art of painting : foreword / Msgr. Timothy Verdon -- Introduction: "Choosing the flower from every part" : Renaissance Florence and the wider world -- The dawn of Florentine painting, 1280-1348 -- Florentine painting after the Black Death, 1348-1400 -- "Giotto born again": the Renaissance in Florence, 1400-1434 -- Florentine painting under the Medici, 1434-1494 -- "The troubles of Italy": Florentine art, 1494-1569 -- Florentine painting under the Grand Dukes, 1569-1743 -- "The beautiful city of Florence enticed and retains": foreign painters and paintings at the Medici Court.