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050 00 $aNX705.5.I82$bF584 2006
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100 1 $aHarness, Kelley Ann,$d1960-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97049284
245 10 $aEchoes of women's voices :$bmusic, art, and female patronage in early modern Florence /$cKelley Harness.
260 $aChicago :$bUniversity of Chicago Press,$c2006.
300 $axvi, 378 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (some color), music ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [349]-367) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tModes of artistic communication and perception in early modern Florence --$g2.$t"A more than virile prudence" : Archduchess Maria Magdalena --$g3.$tAmazons of God : virgin martyr spectacles, 1621-25 --$g4.$t"Una forte, magnanima, e generosa vedova" : Judith --$g5.$t"She hoped to see in the triumphs of religion the triumphs of her house" : epic-chivalric poems and the equestrian ballets --$g6.$t"Now it suits me to beseech" : end of the regency, end of a decade (1628-30) --$g7.$t"One of the most perfect unions of the spiritual and the temporal imaginable" : the Monastero di Santa Croce --$g8.$t"Queens of the Arno" : Medici princesses and the Crocetta --$gApp. A.$tFemale worthies depicted in Lunette frescoes in the audience room, Villa Poggio Imperiale --$gApp. B.$tSummary of Book 3 of the "Acts of Paul"
520 1 $a"Aristocratic women exerted unprecedented political and social influence in Florence throughout the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. During this period, convents flourished and female members of the powerful Medici family governed the city for the first and only time in its history. These women also helped shape the city's artistic life, commissioning works of music, art, and theater that were inscribed with their own concerns and aspirations. Echoes of Women's Voices examines the patronage of individuals and institutions that have remained, until now, largely neglected by scholars." "Joining archival research with telling analysis of significant examples of music, art, and drama, Kelley Harness challenges the prevailing view that Florence saw a political and artistic decline during this period. She argues that the female domination of these years brought forth artistic patronage that was both continuous and well-conceived. And the interdisciplinary breadth of evidence she uses to support her argument makes Echoes of Women's Voices a valuable contribution to women's studies, musicology, and the history of arts patronage."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aWomen art patrons$zItaly$zFlorence$xHistory$y17th century.
600 30 $aMedici, House of$xArt patronage.
651 0 $aFlorence (Italy)$xKings and rulers$xArt patronage.
650 0 $aArts, Italian$zItaly$zFlorence$xHistory$y17th century.
650 0 $aMusic$zItaly$zFlorence$y17th century$xHistory and criticism.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0512/2005013127.html
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