Echoes of women's voices : music, art, and female patronage in early modern Florence / Kelley Harness.

Author/creator Harness, Kelley Ann, 1960-
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Descriptionxvi, 378 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), music ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Medici, House of--Art patronage.
Women art patrons--Italy. --Florence. --History. --17th century.
Arts, Italian--Italy. --Florence. --History. --17th century.
Music--Italy. --Florence. --17th century. --History and criticism.
Florence (Italy)--Kings and rulers. --Art patronage.

Contents Modes of artistic communication and perception in early modern Florence -- "A more than virile prudence" : Archduchess Maria Magdalena -- Amazons of God : virgin martyr spectacles, 1621-25 -- "Una forte, magnanima, e generosa vedova" : Judith -- "She hoped to see in the triumphs of religion the triumphs of her house" : epic-chivalric poems and the equestrian ballets -- "Now it suits me to beseech" : end of the regency, end of a decade (1628-30) -- "One of the most perfect unions of the spiritual and the temporal imaginable" : the Monastero di Santa Croce -- "Queens of the Arno" : Medici princesses and the Crocetta -- Appendix A. Female worthies depicted in lunette frescoes in the audience room, Villa Poggio Imperiale -- Appendix B. Summary of Book 3 of the "Acts of Paul".
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [349]-367) and index.
LCCN 2005013127
ISBN0226316599 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks NX705.5.I82 F584 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold