Italy and Hungary: Humanism and Art in the Early Renaissance. Acts of an International Conference, Florence, Villa I Tatti, June 6–8, 2007 (Villa I Tatti Series) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0674063465 ISBN 13: 9780674063464

Verlag: I Tatti, 2011

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Humanism and Art in the Early Renaissance. Acts of an International Conference, Florence, Villa I Tatti, June 6-8, 2007

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In the later fifteenth century, the Kingdom of Hungary became the first land outside Italy to embrace the Renaissance, thanks to its king, Matthias Corvinus, and his humanist advisors, Janos Vitez and Janus Pannonius. Matthias created one of the most famous libraries in the Western World, the Bibliotheca Corviniana, rivaled in importance only by the Vatican. The court became home to many Italian humanists, and through his friendship with Lorenzo the Magnificent, Matthias obtained the services of such great Florentine artists as Andrea del Verrocchio, Benedetto da Maiano, and Filippino Lippi. After Matthias's death in 1490, interest in Renaissance art was continued by his widowed Neapolitan queen, Beatrice of Aragon, and by his successors Vladislav I and Louis II Jagiello. The twenty-two essays collected in this volume provide a window onto recent research on the development of humanism and art in the Hungary of Matthias Corvinus and his successors. Richly illustrated with new photography, this book eloquently documents and explores the unique role played by the Hungarian court in the cultural history of Renaissance Europe.

Biografía del autor:

Peter Farbaky is Director of the Budapest History Museum. Louis A. Waldman is Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at The University of Texas at Austin. Joseph Connors, Professor of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University, was Director of Villa I Tatti from 2002 to 2010.

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• Verlag: I Tatti
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0674063465
• ISBN 13: 9780674063464
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 772
• Herausgeber: Farbaky Péter, Waldman Louis A.