Medici Women: Portraits of Power, Love, and Betrayal in the Court of Duke Cosimo I

Gabrielle Langdon

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Medici Women

Portraits of Power, Love, and Betrayal in the Court of Duke Cosimo I

Gabrielle Langdon

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2006

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Lavishly illustrated, Medici Women: Portraits of Power, Love and Betrayal in the Court of Duke Cosimo I is an indispensable work for anyone with a passion for Italian renaissance history, art, and court culture.

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Langdon Gabrielle :

Gabrielle Langdon is an indepedent scholar and former curator who has taught Renaissance art history in Europe, the United States, and Canada.

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Arts Periods 16th-17th Century

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
1. Bloodlines: Portraits of Maria Salviati de’ Medici by Bronzino and Pontormo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	23
2. Declarations of Dynasty: The State Portrait of Eleonora di Toledo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	59
3. ‘These tender and well-born plants’: Young Daughters and Wards of Cosimo and Eleonora Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	98
4. A ‘Medici’ Papacy and a Counter-Reformation in Portraiture: Allori’s Giulia d’Alessandro de’ Medici Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	121
5. The New Medicean Cosmos: Lucrezia de’ Medici, Duchess of Ferrara Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	137
6. Damnatio Memoriae: Isabella de’ Medici Orsini, ‘La stella di casa Medici’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	146
7. Up Close and Personal: Patronage and the Miniature Eleonora (‘Dianora’) di Toledo de’ Medici Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	171
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	194
Appendices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	199
Terminology and Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	209
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	211
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	311
Photograph Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	349
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	351

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December 31, 2006

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9781442684560

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480

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442684560

eBook ISBN: 9781442684560

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