By the sixteenth century, Florence was famous across Europe for its achievements in the arts, letters, and humanist learning. Its intellectual life flourished anew at midcentury with Duke Cosimo and the Accademia Fiorentina. In this study, Ann Moyer provides an overview of Flore…
Florence and Cosimo -- The city -- Who were the Florentines? Etruscan roots -- Received traditions -- Gelli and Giambullari on Florentine origins -- Supporters and detractors -- Florentine histories -- Past witnesses -- Diaries and private records -- Histories of recent times --…
"The city of Florence enjoyed a lively intellectual and artistic community in the middle and later decades of the sixteenth century. The city's literary academy, the Accademia Fiorentina, sponsored weekly public lectures on Petrarch and Dante as well as a series of lectures for …