Florence in the Forgotten Centuries, 1527-1800: A History of Florence and the Florentines in the Age of the Grand Dukes

by E. Cochrane and Eric W. Cochrane

Book Overview

The city of Florence has long been admired as the home of the brilliant artistic and literary achievement of the early Renaissance. But most histories of Florence go no further than the first decades of the sixteenth century. They thus give the impression that Florentine culture suddenly died with the generation of Leonardo, Machiavelli, and Andrea del Sarto.

Eric Cochrane shows that the Florentines maintained their creativity long after they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226111512
• ISBN13: 9780226111513
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.6" x 9.4"