Imagining the Americas in Medici Florence

by Lia Markey

The first full-length study of the impact of the discovery of the Americas on Italian Renaissance art and culture, Imagining the Americas in Medici Florence demonstrates that the Medici grand dukes of Florence were not only great patrons of artists but also early conservators of American culture.

In collecting New World objects such as featherwork, codices, turquoise, and live plants and animals, the Medici grand dukes undertook a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 027107115X
• ISBN13: 9780271071152
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.3" x 10.2"