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

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

"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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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Campbell, Katie (Katie G.), 1957- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2022.
Subjects:
Medici, House of > Homes and haunts > Italy > Tuscany.
Medici, House of.
Architecture and society > Italy > Tuscany > History.
Architecture, Domestic > Italy > Tuscany > History.
Architecture, Renaissance > Italy > Tuscany.
Architecture and society.
Architecture, Domestic.
Architecture, Renaissance.
Homes.
Italy > Tuscany.
History.
Table of 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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