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San Lorenzo: A Florentine Church (Villa I Tatti Series)
Robert W. Gaston
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Description for San Lorenzo: A Florentine Church (Villa I Tatti Series)
Hardcover. This comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection illuminates many previously unexplored aspects of the Basilica of San Lorenzo's history, extending from its Early Christian foundation to the modern era. San Lorenzo depicts this church as a living Florentine institution, continually reshaped by complex historical forces. Editor(s): Gaston, Robert W.; Waldman, Louis A. Series: Villa I Tatti Series. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; AMN; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 27 x 21. .
This comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection illuminates many previously unexplored aspects of the Basilica of San Lorenzo's history, extending from its Early Christian foundation to the modern era. Brunelleschi's rebuilt Basilica, the center of liturgical patronage of the Medici and their grand-ducal successors until the nineteenth century, is today one of the most frequently studied churches in Florence. Modern research has tended, however, to focus on the remarkable art and architecture from ca. 1400-1600. In this wide-ranging collection, scholars investigate: the urban setting of the church and its parish; San Lorenzo's relations with other ecclesiastical institutions; the genesis of ... Read more
This comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection illuminates many previously unexplored aspects of the Basilica of San Lorenzo's history, extending from its Early Christian foundation to the modern era. Brunelleschi's rebuilt Basilica, the center of liturgical patronage of the Medici and their grand-ducal successors until the nineteenth century, is today one of the most frequently studied churches in Florence. Modern research has tended, however, to focus on the remarkable art and architecture from ca. 1400-1600. In this wide-ranging collection, scholars investigate: the urban setting of the church and its parish; San Lorenzo's relations with other ecclesiastical institutions; the genesis of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Villa I Tatti
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Villa I Tatti Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
752
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United States
ISBN
9780674975675
SKU
V9780674975675
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About Robert W. Gaston
Robert W. Gaston is Associate Professor and Principal Fellow, Art History, School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne. Louis A. Waldman is Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin.
Reviews for San Lorenzo: A Florentine Church (Villa I Tatti Series)
The scholars go inside and out and from bottom to top, and they deal with the entire complex
the basilica's architecture, paintings, and sculpture along with that in the sacristies, cloisters, library, Medici Chapel, and piazza
and they present its role in Florentine urbanism, culture, politics, and patronage; address liturgy, preaching, music, and its personnel and operations, even a kitchen sink, neglecting ... Read more
the basilica's architecture, paintings, and sculpture along with that in the sacristies, cloisters, library, Medici Chapel, and piazza
and they present its role in Florentine urbanism, culture, politics, and patronage; address liturgy, preaching, music, and its personnel and operations, even a kitchen sink, neglecting ... Read more