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15th Century Florence refers to the period in the Italian city-state of Florence during the Renaissance, characterized by significant advancements in art, architecture, politics, and humanism. This era saw the rise of influential figures, such as the Medici family, and the flourishing of cultural and intellectual movements that shaped European history.
FRANCESCO BORGHERO Scritture bifronti. Pratiche notarili e funzioni pubbliche nella Romagna toscana: la vacchetta di ser Alberto di Baldassino da Bagno (1395-1411) Nel tardo Medioevo, l'attività dei notai si colloca al crocevia tra... more
The role of Sanlúcar de Barrameda as an outer harbour of Seville is well known. However, as lords of the town, the dukes of Medina Sidonia attempted to provide it with a distinct development, in direct competition with Cadiz. Through a... more
The Medici family rose from banking magnates to become the de facto rulers of Florence for centuries, profoundly shaping its political landscape. Their immense wealth and influence fuelled the Italian Renaissance through extensive... more
La capitale importanza delle esplorazioni di Giovanni da Verrazzanopiù volte sottolineata dagli studi storici e geografici e culminata nelle attività per il cinquecentenario della scoperta organizzate della Fondazione a lui dedicatasembra... more
Questo mio breve saggio comincia con un'ammissione. Non ho mai fatto ricerche di prima mano negli archivi italiani o francesi alla ricerca di nuovi elementi che consentano di chiarire i dubbi ancora esistenti sul Giovanni da Verrazzano e... more
Savonarola bears some uncanny likenesses to the Jewish Abravanel, both of these also sharing similarities with the ancient Jewish prophet Jeremiah.
This article proposes a new interpretation of Domenico Ghirlandaio's celebrated high altarpiece for the Ospedale degli Innocenti in Florence. The emphasis is on Giuliano da Sangallo's lost framework, which will be reconstructed based on a... more
cell. However, Cosimo would never have seen Dominic's admonition because the fresco was within the clausura. In any case, unlike many Observants, the S. Marco friars did not need to worry about the ownership of property or fundraising,... more
(from 'quae viderant alleluia') makes much better sense; and in 'Postquam resurrexit' the ending should be ab-b, as for the previous phrase: it is the subsequent psalm tone ending, not the end of the main chant, that is pitched... more
Resumen: Este artículo analiza la construcción del pasado de los Doria, y su rol en la configuración política, social, cultural y económica de la ciudad de Génova. La historia de los Doria precede su inserción en el Imperio de Carlos V, y... more
As a case study in the pre-modern visual representation of Black figures and their historical context, this essay focuses on the central figure in Giotto's Mocking of Christ in the Arena Chapel, Padua (c. 1303-05). It moves away from the... more
ENG.: During the 14th century, the Abbey of Settimo reached its peak economic development through the prudent patrimonial management strategies implemented by the Cistercian community to which it had been entrusted. However, the War of... more
The historical period between the 14th and 17th centuries is an important period of the European Renaissance that is dominated by the Medici family in Florance. The discovery of the New World along with the Renaissance and various Social... more
Review (in Spanish) on the book El Castil de Genoveses de Málaga (siglos XIV-XV). Un barrio comercial fortificado en el Mediterráneo islámico, by Dolores Rodríguez Gómez, published at Miscelánea de Estudios Árabes y Hebráicos
Abstract This study examines the Medici Magi Chapel—a hidden sanctuary within the Medici Palace in Florence—that functions as both an artistic masterpiece and a potent political manifesto, seamlessly intertwining art, politics, and... more
Ci fu un ruolo del Granduca Ferdinando I de' Medici, grande mecenate delle arti, nella nascita del Melodramma? Il saggio ripercorre le tappe che hanno portato alla rappresentazione della Euridice del Peri, nel contesto dell'ambiente... more
In 18th century Venice, a city renowned for its unparalleled opulence, judicious recycling and repurposing of luxury textiles, was, ironically, the norm. Archival documents routinely list elegant, but “worn out” items, as in the 1773... more
Traduction française du texte de Franco Cardini : « Le feste in Toscana tra Medioevo ed età moderna », in "De finibus Tuscie". Il medioevo in Toscana, Florence 1989, pp. 138-149 ; et in Incontri pistoiesi di storia, arte, cultura, Pistoia... more
Catalogue entries of two cartoon fragments newly attributed to Pier Francesco Foschi (1502-1567) loaned from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam and the MacKenzie Art Gallery, University of Regine to the exhibition on Foschi held at the Galleria... more
In Come pregava la gente, che Don Giovanni Pozzi diede alle stampe nel 1982, lo studioso analizzava gli aspetti orali e formulaici della pietà popolare nell’area ticinese e lombarda tra il XIX secolo e il primo Novecento. Partendo da... more
Le mode e l’attitudine al consumo, già all’indomani della Peste nera, andarono rapidamente evolvendosi, accompagnandosi a un aumento progressivo del potere d’acquisto della popolazione, in grado, soprattutto nella prima metà del... more
Traduction française du texte de Franco Cardini : « Le bambole nel medioevo toscano », in "De finibus Tuscie". Il Medioevo in Toscana, Florence, 1989, pp. 251-256. [précédemment publié in « La ricerca folklorica », 16 octobre 1987, pp.... more
Arnaldo Bonaventura è stato uno dei principali artefici della valorizzazione dell'opera di Vincenzo Galilei e ne ha riportato alla luce le composizioni vocali polifoniche, andate perdute per secoli. L'articolo esamina le ragioni del suo... more
Dagsljuset i ett rum förmedlas via fönster. Fönsterutformningen har i sin tur en avsevärd effekt på rumsupplevelsen. Mängden litteratur som behandlar fönstrets historiska utveckling är stor. Däremot är mängden litteratur som behandlar hur... more
Paper was written for class during academic studies. Introduction: This assignment centers on the preparation of detailed reading notes for a collaborative discussion on Renaissance historiography, with the goal of synthesizing seminal... more
Life and writings of the Florentine agent in the 15th century Renaissance, highlighting his humanist perspective and political views as exposed in 'Il Principe' and his 'Discorsi'. With an endnote how the nucleaus of his thinking was... more
“Some Notes on Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha and His Relationship with Yavuz Sultan Selim”, in: Yavuz Sultan Selim ve Dönemi Sempozyumu Bildiriler Kitabı (4-6 Kasım 2021), Ankara, Türk Tarih Kurumu, 2024, 299-320.
L'histoire de cette famille a été évoquée par TRISTAN (J.-B. l'Hermite de Soliers, dit),
This study examines the market strategies employed by the Florentine banking families Alberti, Medici, and Spinelli between 1400 and 1475. It explores how these merchants navigated the challenges and opportunities of the German market,... more
ENG. Between the end of the 14 th century and the beginning of the 15 th century, the Republic of Florence was almost constantly engaged in war. As a result, public debt in a short time increased from 1 million to 3 million florins. The... more
Filippo, therefore, gave it its final perfection with his own hand, and executed what was lacking in one scene, wherein S. Peter and S. Paul are restoring to life the nephew of the Emperor ⑵. (G. Vasari, 1568) * This work was supported by... more
The book offers studies on different aspects of the life, activity, and written works of Roberto da Lecce, one of the most famous preachers of fifteenth-century Italy. His preaching cycles in Italian cities were attended by huge crowds... more
Der seit Ende der 1970er in Forschung und Museen gängige Begriff rinascita della terracotta (MARTINI 1977) erklärt die große Zahl der Anfang des Quattrocento von Florentiner Künstlern geschaffenen Ton-Arbeiten aus der Lektüre von Plinius’... more
D espite his admiration for Donatello as being among the finest sculp- tors of his age, the Florentine artist best known as Filarete cautioned readers of his Trattato dell'architettura: "If you have to do apostles, do not make them look... more
B easts, street scenes, shops, objects of everyday life, pla- nets, women, saints, and prophets: these are amongst the subjects depicted in the fifteenth-century Florentine manuscript illustrations that are the focus of this book. I... more
Neville Rowley est conservateur des sculptures et peintures italiennes des XIVe et XVe siècles au Bode-Museum et à la Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Il a publié de nombreux articles specialisés sur l'art italien du XVe... more
Il trattato "Sulla natura dei diversi tipi di vino" è un’opera unica nel panorama letterario del Cinquecento italiano. Scritto in forma di dialogo dal medico-filosofo siciliano Giacomo Profetto, archiatra pontificio al tempo di Paolo III... more
Finito di stampare nel mese di luglio 2024 a cura dell'Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato S.p.A.-Roma È vietata la riproduzione, con qualsiasi procedimento, della presente opera o di parti di essa. Ogni abuso verrà perseguito ai... more
This article engages a long-running debate over Brunelleschi's Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence concerning the size and position of the old Romanesque basilica that it replaced. It argues for the “ex novo theory,” according to which... more
once praised "La pratica della mercatura by Francesco Balducci Pegolotti as a work which holds in its field as important a place as Bede, Villehardouin, or Machiavelli in other branches of history" 1. On the other hand, Armando Sapori and... more
This paper offers a synthesis of the evidence presented in the book Adamo: Il segreto che riscrive la storia dell'arte, aiming to demonstrate how an interpretive anachronism led to the misidentification of Michelangelo's marble Giant as... more