{"product_id":"changing-patrons-9780271023625","title":"Changing Patrons","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo whom should we ascribe the great flowering of the arts in Renaissance Italy? Scholars have attributed great importance to the role played by patrons, arguing that some should even be regarded as artists in their own right. This approach is challenged by Jill Burke.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“No one writing about Florentine and Italian art history will be able to ignore this elegant and probing book.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—F.W. Kent, Director,Monash University at Prato\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Probing, concise and grounded in extensive research, Jill Burke’s \u003ci\u003eChanging Patrons: Social Identity and the Visual Arts in Renaissance Florence\u003c\/i\u003e is a major study in the current vein. . . . Drawing continually on archival documents, Burke does a masterly job of tracking the ascent of her two families, particularly as seen in the fortunes of their palazzo and religious commissions. Seldom have the ties between social identities and art of display objects been so convincingly shown.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Lauro Martines \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Burke's lucidly argued and well researched study proves to be a thought-provoking read whose significance goes well beyond a circle of readers interested in the study of patronage in Quattrocento Florence.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Gabriele Neher \u003ci\u003eThe Art Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The great strengths of \u003ci\u003eChanging Patrons\u003c\/i\u003e are Burke’s archival research into the Nasi and Del Pugliese families and her willingness to examine this research from a broad societal perspective. . . . It is well researched and well informed and both broadens our knowledge of specific examples of Florentine patronage and studies these examples in new ways. . . . Burke should be praised for both indicating and demonstrating how ideas about artistic patronage might be reframed.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Barnaby Nygren \u003ci\u003eSixteenth Century Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lucid explanations of artists’ contracts and the patronage of family chapels and building committees make Jill Burke’s first book an extremely useful introduction to ‘how the fifteenth-century [Florentine] patron could use paintings, sculptures, and buildings to mediate relationships with the wider world’ (p.189), and her thoughtful, often controversial, interpretations provide material for reflection.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Jonathan Katz Nelson \u003ci\u003eBurlington Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The study of patronage in Renaissance Florence has a rich history over the past half a century and \u003ci\u003eChanging Patrons\u003c\/i\u003e by Jill Burke provides a welcome new chapter. Her succinct historiographical introduction will surely provide essential reading not only for those wishing to work in this specific area but also for any student of Renaissance Florence.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Samuel Bibby \u003ci\u003eObject\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Burke’s lucidly argued and well researched study proves to be a thought-provoking read whose significance goes well beyond a circle of readers interested in the study of patronage in Quattrocento Florence.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Gabriele Neher \u003ci\u003eThe Art Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tList of Illustrations \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tAcknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tA Note on Transcriptions and Translations \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tAbbreviations \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: Families, Neighbors, and Friends  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.\tFamily Self-Fashioning \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.\tPrivate Wealth and Public Benefit: The Nasi and Del Pugliese Palaces \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.\tFamily, Church, Community: The Appearance of Power in Santo Spirito \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.\tPatronage and the Art of Friendship: Piero del Pugliese's Patronage of Filippino Lippi \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: The Individual, the Family, and the Church \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.\tPatronage Rights and Wrongs: Building Identity at Santa Maria a Lecceto \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.\tFraming Patronage: Beauty and Order at the Church of the Innocenti \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.\tDiffering Visions: Image and Audience in the Florentine Church \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart III: Identity and Change \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.\tPainted Prayers: Savonarola and the Audience of Images \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tConclusions and Questions \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tAppendix \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\t\tNasi Family Tree \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\t\tDel Pugliese Family Tree \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\t\tUnpublished Documents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\t\tPoems Written About the Portrait of Piero del Pugliese by Filippino Lippi \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tNotes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tBibliography \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tIndex \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400777933143,"sku":"9780271023625","price":73.91,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780271023625.jpg?v=1730471552","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/changing-patrons-9780271023625","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}