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The Origins of the Platonic Academy of Florence
Arthur M. Field
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Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Founded by Cosimo de' Medici in the early 1460s, the Platonic Academy shaped the literary and artistic culture of Florence in the later Renaissance and influenced science, religion, art, and literature throughout Europe in the early modern period. This major study of the Academy's beginnings presents a fresh view of the intellectual and cultural life of Florence from the Peace of Lodi of 1454 to the death of Cosimo a decade later. Challenging commonly held assumptions about the period, Arthur Field insists that the Academy was not a hothouse plant, grown and kept alive by the Medici in the splendid ... Read more
Founded by Cosimo de' Medici in the early 1460s, the Platonic Academy shaped the literary and artistic culture of Florence in the later Renaissance and influenced science, religion, art, and literature throughout Europe in the early modern period. This major study of the Academy's beginnings presents a fresh view of the intellectual and cultural life of Florence from the Peace of Lodi of 1454 to the death of Cosimo a decade later. Challenging commonly held assumptions about the period, Arthur Field insists that the Academy was not a hothouse plant, grown and kept alive by the Medici in the splendid ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691601694
SKU
V9780691601694
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