Cosimo 'il Vecchio' de' Medici, 1389-1464 : essays in commemoration of the 600th anniversary of Cosimo de' Medici's birth : including papers delivered at the Society for Renaissance Studies Sexcentenary Symposium at the Warburg Institute, London, 19 May 1989

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Cosimo 'il Vecchio' de' Medici, 1389-1464 : essays in commemoration of the 600th anniversary of Cosimo de' Medici's birth : including papers delivered at the Society for Renaissance Studies Sexcentenary Symposium at the Warburg Institute, London, 19 May 1989

edited by Francis Ames-Lewis ; with an introduction by E.H. Gombrich

Clarendon Press, 1992

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Bibliography: p. [302]-303

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No wide-ranging consideration of the life and career of Cosimo 'il Vecchio' de' Medici has been published since 1938. This book grows out of a scholarly symposium organized by the Society for Renaissance Studies for the sexcentenary of Cosimo de' Medici's birth. The symposium, held in 1989, focused on the character, political interests and art-patronage of arguably the greatest statesman of early Renaissance Italy. With an introduction by Sir Ernst Gombrich, the essays discuss various facets of Cosimo's personality, political and cultural activities, his wit, his relations with the Popes of his time, his literary interests, his patronage of church building and fine arts, and finally the imagery of his tomb.

Table of Contents

  • Cosimo optimus civis, N. Rubenstein
  • Cosimo and the Popes, G. Holmes
  • Cosimo de' Medici and Arezzo, R. Black
  • the "buonomini di San Martino", D. Kent
  • Cosimo de' Medici as a patron of humanistic literature, J. Hankins
  • Cosimo de' Medici's wit and wisdom, A. Brown
  • Cosimo and his books, A.C. De La Mare
  • Cosimo de' Medici and San Lorenzo, C. Elam
  • Cosimo de' Medici and the Franciscan observants at Bosco Ai Frati, C.Robinson
  • fraternal piety and family power, J. Paoletti
  • Cosimo de' Medici and the chapel of his palace, R. Hatfield
  • Dante and Lumen Christi, S. McKillop.

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