The Mythological Origins of Renaissance Florence
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The Mythological Origins of Renaissance Florence by Irina Chernetsky
In this book, Irina Chernetsky examines how humanists, patrons, and artists promoted Florence as the reincarnation of the great cities of pagan and Christian antiquity – Athens, Rome, and Jerusalem. The architectural image of an ideal Florence was discussed in chronicles and histories, poetry and prose, and treatises on art and religious sermons. It was also portrayed in paintings, sculpture, and sketches, as well as encoded in buildings erected during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Over time, the concept of an ideal Florence became inseparable from the real city, in both its social and architectural structures. Chernetsky demonstrates how the Renaissance notion of genealogy was applied to Florence, which was considered to be part of a family of illustrious cities of both the past and present. She also explores the concept of the ideal city in its intellectual, political, and aesthetic contexts, while offering new insights into the experience of urban space.
Irina Chernetsky is a scholar of Renaissance art and a participant in the Projections of Jerusalem in Europe research group. Her scholarship has been supported by the European Research Council, the Israel Science Foundation, and the German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781316510957 |
| ISBN 10 | 1316510956 |
| Title | The Mythological Origins of Renaissance Florence |
| Author | Irina Chernetsky |
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| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2022-10-13 |
| Number of pages | 350 |
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