The volume reconstructs the role of the "art objects" in the renewal of identity (social, political and cultural) of the Mannelli family, among the oldest families of the Florentine patriciate. During the 17th Century the main exponents adopted a lifestyle inspired by the Medici court, gradually dismantling, but at different times, the dress of the merchant. The analysis of the main town and countryside residences and of the displaying of the objects of art, conducted on a documentary basis and with the “display of art” critical tools, returns the fundamental stages of the renewal process and, together with numerous autonomous episodes of unpublished patronage and collecting, the emergence of common narrative strategies of historical and political identity through art objects.
The Medici Archive Project, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-6704-3449
Book Title
I Mannelli di Firenze
Book Subtitle
Storia mecenatismo e identità di una famiglia fra cultura mercantile e cultura cortigiana
Authors
Pasquale Focarile
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
730
Publication Year
2017
Copyright Information
© 2017 Author(s)
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Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6453-569-2
ISBN Print
978-88-6453-568-5
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-6453-569-2
eISBN (xml)
978-88-9273-163-9
Series Title
Premio Tesi di Dottorato
Series ISSN
2612-8039
Series E-ISSN
2612-8020