Cosimo Il Vecchio De' Medici, 1389-1464: Essays in Commemoration of the 600th Anniversary of Cosimo De' Medici's Birth: Including Papers Delivered at the Society for Renaissance Studies' Sexcentenary Symposium at the Warburg Institute, London, 19 May 1989
Cosimo Il Vecchio De' Medici, 1389-1464: Essays in Commemoration of the 600th Anniversary of Cosimo De' Medici's Birth: Including Papers Delivered at the Society for Renaissance Studies' Sexcentenary Symposium at the Warburg Institute, London, 19 May 1989
No wide-ranging consideration of the life and career of Cosimo 'il Vecchio' de' Medici has been published since 1938. This book grows out of a scholarly symposium organized by the Society for Renaissance Studies for the sexcentenary of Cosimo de' Medici's birth. The symposium, held in 1989, focused on the character, political interests and art-patronage of arguably the greatest statesman of early Renaissance Italy. With an introduction by Sir Ernst Gombrich, the essays discuss various facets of Cosimo's personality, ...
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No wide-ranging consideration of the life and career of Cosimo 'il Vecchio' de' Medici has been published since 1938. This book grows out of a scholarly symposium organized by the Society for Renaissance Studies for the sexcentenary of Cosimo de' Medici's birth. The symposium, held in 1989, focused on the character, political interests and art-patronage of arguably the greatest statesman of early Renaissance Italy. With an introduction by Sir Ernst Gombrich, the essays discuss various facets of Cosimo's personality, political and cultural activities, his wit, his relations with the Popes of his time, his literary interests, his patronage of church building and fine arts, and finally the imagery of his tomb.
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Good in Good jacket. Jacket is rubbed, and sunned along edges, not affecting legibility of text. Jacket spine is sunned, but text is still readable. Cover of book itself is in excellent condition with no visible flaws apart from some light handling wear. Lower edge of spine is lightly bumped, but binding is tight. Small scuff marks on lower edge of text block, not visible on edges of pages themselves. Light pencil annotations in the margins of some pages, not affecting legibility of text.
