The Politics of War: Paolo Uccello's Equestrian Monument for Sir John Hawkwood in the Cathedral of Florence
2006; Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies; Volume: 23; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/pgn.2007.0008
ISSN1832-8334
Autores Tópico(s)Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
ResumoWhile Uccello's Equestrian Monument in Florence's Cathedral has long been admired as a spectacular example of Florentine early Renaissance mural painting, distinguished by its serene, ordered geometry, only in recent decades has the turbulent political climate in which it was created been linked to its iconography. The lists of the Cathedral's treasurers and members of its board of works who oversaw the commission, housed in the Archivio di Stato di Firenze, represent a neglected source of information illuminating the political allegiances of those who helped determine the work's iconography amidst the dramatic fallout from Florence's recent unsuccessful war with Lucca.
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