The Cultural World of Eleonora di Toledo

Duchess of Florence and Siena
Herausgeber: Eisenbichler, Konrad

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Eleonora di Toledo was a powerful and influential woman who, over the course of nearly a quarter century (1539-62), contributed profoundly to the cultural flowering of ducal Florence. But in spite of all these contributions, Eleonora has attracted little attention from scholars. The examination of her impact on Tuscany provided in this volume is long overdue. This collection of essays provides a fuller, more nuanced understanding of the duchess, her impact on Tuscan culture in the sixteenth century, and the contribution of female consorts to the vitality of a successful early-modern state. The articles collected here expand our understanding of Eleonora's place in her society and shed a subtle, more profound light on a very complex, determined, and capable woman.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 420g
• ISBN-13: 9781138257566
• ISBN-10: 1138257567
• Artikelnr.: 49667612

Autorenporträt

Konrad Eisenbichler

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction, Konrad Eisenbichler; Veni, sponsa. Love and
politics at the wedding of Eleonora di Toledo, Mary A. Watt; A 'Laura' for
Cosimo: Bronzino's Eleonora di Toledo with her Son Giovanni, Gabrielle
Langdon; La fecundissima Signora Duchessa: the courtly persona of Eleonora
di Toledo and the iconography of abundance, Bruce L. Edelstein; A duchess'
place at court: the Quartiere di Eleonora in the Palazzo della Signoria in
Florence, Ilaria Hoppe; Eleonora and her 'famous sisters.' The tradition of
'illustrious women' in paintings for the domestic interior, Paola Tinagli;
Eleonora di Toledo among the famous women: iconographic innovation after
the conquest of Siena, Pamela J. Benson; Eleonora di Toledo's chapel:
lineage, salvation and the war against the Turks, Robert W. Gaston; Los
scholares son cosa de su excelentia, como lo es toda la Compañia: Eleonora
di Toledo and the Jesuits, Chiara Franceschini; The burial attire of
Eleonora di Toledo, Mary Westerman Bulgarella; La Ill.ma Sig.ra Duchessa
felice memoria: the posthumous Eleonora di Toledo, Janet Cox-Rearick; Index
of names.