{"product_id":"imagining-the-americas-in-medici-florence-hardcover","title":"Imagining the Americas in Medici Florence - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLia Markey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first full-length study of the impact of the discovery of the Americas on Italian Renaissance art and culture, \u003ci\u003eImagining the Americas in Medici Florence\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that the Medici grand dukes of Florence were not only great patrons of artists but also early conservators of American culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn collecting New World objects such as featherwork, codices, turquoise, and live plants and animals, the Medici grand dukes undertook a \"vicarious conquest\" of the Americas. As a result of their efforts, Renaissance Florence boasted one of the largest collections of objects from the New World as well as representations of the Americas in a variety of media. Through a close examination of archival sources, including inventories and Medici letters, Lia Markey uncovers the provenance, history, and meaning of goods from and images of the Americas in Medici collections, and she shows how these novelties were incorporated into the culture of the Florentine court. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than just a study of the discoveries themselves, this volume is a vivid exploration of the New World as it existed in the minds of the Medici and their contemporaries. Scholars of Italian and American art history will especially welcome and benefit from Markey's insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLia Markey has taught at the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University, and she has held fellowships at Harvard University's Villa I Tatti and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 10.2 x 9.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54089512386867,"sku":"9780271071152","price":186.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/s0BlzAZFDC9780271071152.webp?v=1789592004","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/imagining-the-americas-in-medici-florence-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}