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Founded by Cosimo de' Medici in the early 1460s, the Platonic Academy shaped the literary and artistic culture of Florence in the later Renaissance and influenced science, religion, art, and literature throughout Europe in the early modern period. This major study of the Academy's beginnings presents a fresh view of the intellectual and cultural li



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*NOTE ON THE TEXT, pg. xiii*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xv*PART ONE. The Philosophical Renaissance and the Role of Intellectuals, pg. 1*PART TWOMICRON. The Florentine Lyceum, pg. 53*PART THREE. The Florentine Academy, pg. 127*Conclusion, pg. 269*Appendix A. One or Two Lorenzo Pisanos?, pg. 275*Appendix B. Lorenzo Pisano's De amore, pg. 277*Appendix C. Some Notes on Minor Works of Lorenzo Pisano, pg. 280*Select Bibliography, pg. 283*Index of Manuscripts, pg. 291*General Index, pg. 293

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 7/14/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780691601694, 978-0691601694
      ISBN10: 0691601690

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Founded by Cosimo de' Medici in the early 1460s, the Platonic Academy shaped the literary and artistic culture of Florence in the later Renaissance and influenced science, religion, art, and literature throughout Europe in the early modern period. This major study of the Academy's beginnings presents a fresh view of the intellectual and cultural li



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*NOTE ON THE TEXT, pg. xiii*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xv*PART ONE. The Philosophical Renaissance and the Role of Intellectuals, pg. 1*PART TWOMICRON. The Florentine Lyceum, pg. 53*PART THREE. The Florentine Academy, pg. 127*Conclusion, pg. 269*Appendix A. One or Two Lorenzo Pisanos?, pg. 275*Appendix B. Lorenzo Pisano's De amore, pg. 277*Appendix C. Some Notes on Minor Works of Lorenzo Pisano, pg. 280*Select Bibliography, pg. 283*Index of Manuscripts, pg. 291*General Index, pg. 293

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