The Mythological Origins of Renaissance Florence

In This Book Irina Chernetsky Examines How Humanists Patrons And ArtistsPromoted Florence As The Reincarnation Of The Great Cities Of Pagan And Christian Antiquity Athens Rome And Jerusalem. The Architectural Image Of An Ideal Florence Was Discussed In Chronicles And Histories Poetry And Prose And Treatises On Art And Religious Sermons. It Was Also Portrayed In Paintings Sculpture And Sketches As Well As Encoded In Buildings Erected During The Fourteenth And Fifteenth Centuries. Over Time The Concept Of An Ideal Florence Became Inseparable From The Real City In Both Its Social And Architectural Structures. Chernetsky Demonstrates How The Renaissance Notion Of Genealogy Was Applied To Florence Which Was Considered To Be Part Of A Family Of Illustrious Cities Of Both The Past And Present. She Also Explores The Concept Of The Ideal City In Its Intellectual Political And Aesthetic Contexts While Offering New Insights Into The Experience Of Urban Space.