| Description |
132 pages : color illustrations, genealogical table ; 30 cm |
| Contents |
Medici Genealogy -- The Flowering of Florence: Botanical Art for the Medici / Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi -- Meditations on a Theme: Plants in Perugino's "Crucifixion" / Gretchen A. Hirschauer |
| Summary |
"Living immersed in landscapes of great natural beauty, Tuscans have always harboured a deep love of flowers and gardens. During the Renaissance, in intellectual circles, this propensity developed naturally into an interest in horticulture and the botanical sciences, subjects that would coexist in perfect harmony with the Medici family's love of the arts." "The Flowering of Florence is published in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington, to coincide with an exhibition of about sixty-five works of art primarily from Florentine collections. This handsome volume explores the close ties between art and natural sciences in Tuscany as seen in the botanical renderings created in Florence for the Medici grand dukes from the late 1500s through the early 1700s."--Jacket |
| Notes |
Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Mar. 3-May 27, 2002 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-129) |
| Subject |
Medici, House of -- Art patronage -- Exhibitions.
|
|
Plants in art -- Exhibitions.
|
|
Flowers in art -- Exhibitions.
|
|
Botanical illustration -- Italy -- Florence -- Exhibitions.
|
|
Art, Italian -- Italy -- Florence -- Exhibitions.
|
|
Art, Late Renaissance -- Italy -- Florence -- Exhibitions.
|
| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
|
|
Exhibition catalogs.
|
| Author |
Hirschauer, Gretchen A.
|
|
National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
|
| LC no. |
2001057964 |
| ISBN |
0853318719 paper |
|
0853318573 cloth |
|
0894682881 paper |
|
