Politics of Water in the Art and Festivals of Medici Florence
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Ammannati's Neptune
Ammannati’s Neptune
aquatic iconography
aquatic imagery
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Baccio Bandinelli
Boboli Gardens
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Cosimo Pater Patriae
dynastic power symbolism
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European court culture
Florentine festivals
Florentine urban history
Giovanni Delle Bande Nere
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund
Henri III
Henry III
Marine Deities
maritime traditions
Medici Florence
Medici patronage
Neptune Fountain
Perino Del Vaga
Piazza Della Signoria
Pitti Palace
political power
Raffaello Borghini
Renaissance spectacle
Salone Dei Cinquecento
Santa Maria Nuova
Scala Dei Giganti
Valerio Cioli
Vincenzo Borghini
water imagery in political art
Wild Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781032401843
- Weight: 660g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 29 Aug 2022
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book tells the story of one dynasty's struggle with water, to control its flow and manage its representation. The role of water in the art and festivals of Cosimo I and his heirs, Francesco I and Ferdinando I de' Medici, informs this richly-illustrated interdisciplinary study. Else draws on a wealth of visual and documentary material to trace how the Medici sought to harness the power of Neptune, whether in the application of his imagery or in the control over waterways and maritime frontiers, as they negotiated a place in the unstable political arena of Europe, and competed with foreign powers more versed in maritime traditions and aquatic imagery.
Felicia M. Else is Professor of Art History in the Department of Art and Art History at Gettysburg College.
