Florentine Art with and without the Medici

Readings

• Murray ch. 4
• P and R: pp. 309-320; 347-356; 375-383
• Reading: Richard Goldthwaite, "The Empire of Things: Consumer Demand in Renaissance Italy" 1987
• Reading: Michelle O'Malley, "Late 15th-century and early 16th-century painting contracts" 1998

Images

image set RT223-2 Image Database

• Brunelleschi. San Lorenzo, with Old Sacristy. 1418-66
• Leonardo. Mona Lisa. c. 1503
• Raphael. Maddalena and Agnolo Doni. c. 1505
• Raphael. Madonna and Child. c. 1505
• Michelangelo. Doni Tondo. c. 1503
• Michelangelo. David. 1501-4
  
  

Terms

• sfumato
• tondo
• magnificence

Patrons

Cosimo de Medici (1389-1464)
Angelo Doni
The Republic of Florence (the Signoria)

Artists