Cultivating the Renaissance : a social history of the Medici Tuscan villas /

By exploring the evolution of the Medici family's villas, Cultivating the Renaissance charts the shifting politics, philosophy and aesthetics of the age and chronicles the rise of an extraordinary family from obscure farmers to European royalty. Lavishly illustrated, Cultivating the Renaissance...

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Main Author:	Campbell, Katie (Katie G.), 1957- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, [2022].
Subjects:	Medici, House of > Homes and haunts > Italy > Tuscany. Architecture and society > Italy > Tuscany > History. Architecture, Domestic > Italy > Tuscany > History. Architecture, Renaissance > Italy > Tuscany.

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Summary:	By exploring the evolution of the Medici family's villas, Cultivating the Renaissance charts the shifting politics, philosophy and aesthetics of the age and chronicles the rise of an extraordinary family from obscure farmers to European royalty. Lavishly illustrated, Cultivating the Renaissance is of great interest to students and scholars of architecture, horticulture, landscape history, philosophy, art and the history of the Renaissance in Italy.
Physical Description:	viii, 205 pages : chiefly color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781032062105 103206210X 9781032062129 1032062126