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Book SynopsisLavishly illustrated, Medici Women: Portraits of Power, Love and Betrayal in the Court of Duke Cosimo I is an indispensable work for anyone with a passion for Italian renaissance history, art, and court culture.
Table of ContentsLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Introduction * Bloodlines: Portraits of Maria Salviati de' Medici by Bronzino and Pontormo * Declarations of Dynasty: The State Portrait of Eleonora di Toledo * 'These tender and well-born plants': Young Daughters and Wards of Cosimo and Eleonora * A 'Medici' Papacy and a Counter-Reformation in Portraiture: Allori's Giulia d'Alessandro de' Medici * The New Medicean Cosmos: Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara * Damnatio Memoriae: Isabella de' Medici Orsini, 'La stella di casa Medici' * Up Close and Personal: Patronage and the Miniature Eleonora ('Dianora') di Toledo de' Medici Epilogue APPENDICES TERMINOLOGY AND ABBREVIATIONS NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS INDEX
