Engaging symbols : gender, politics, and public art in fifteenth-century Florence / Adrian W.B. Randolph.

Author/creator Randolph, Adrian W. B., 1965-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press, ©2002.
Descriptionx, 381 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Subjects
Medici (Family)--Contributions in art patronage.
Art, Italian--Italy. --Florence. --15th century.
Gender identity in art.
Florence (Italy)--Intellectual life.

Contents Common wealth: Donatello's Ninfa fiorentina -- Florentia figurata -- Engaging symbols: legitimacy, consent, and the Medici diamond ring -- Homosocial desire and Donatello's bronze David -- Spectacular allegory: Botticelli's "Pallas medicea" and the joust of 1475 -- "O puella furax": Donatello's Judith and Holofernes and the politics of misprision.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 339-374) and index.
LCCN 2001008174
ISBN0300092121

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks N6921.F7 R32 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold