In the city of Florence, where one of the Renaissance men, namely, Lorenzo de'Medici, was
known as “Il Magnifico,” it seems reasonable to investigate the process by which this term …

Magnificence has long been acknowledged as a key concept in the study of Renaissance
Florence. It underpinned private financing of public activities, such as the endowment of …

Florentine scholars have been drawn to the theme of" magnificence" for two chief reasons.
Mid-fifteenth-century praise of magnificence provided substantial cover for the …

Quattrocento Florentine society was one devoted to the idea of ''magnificence,''as seen in
the widespread patronage of art and even in Lorenzo the Magnificent's name. In this short …

The magnificence with which the Florentine Renaissance is synonymous derived its power
from a virtue elucidated and disseminated by influential preachers as early as the 1420s …

Studies, 29), Toronto, Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, 2012; paperback;
pp. 173; RRP US $19.00; ISBN 9780772721266. Magnificence has long been …

Book Reviews 499 classes within a limited geographic area, worked via preaching. Second,
this study presents a clear scholarly understanding of the Florentine struggle to establish …

culture and history in the Renaissance. Turner turns his focus to the politics and religion of
the city, ending with a contrast between two madonnas that are not really contrasted but …

On the Magnificence of Cosimo de'Medici Against [His] Detractors.(Maffei's text with a lively
English translation is included in the appendices along with excerpts from a sermon and the …

The sheer abundance of visual art in its various genres and periods easily challenges
visitors to Florence. That fog of richness is effectively dispersed by this remarkable exhibition …