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- catalog abstract ""The Festival of San Giovanni, Florence's elaborate celebration of the city's patron Saint, played a crucial role in the formation of Florentine communal identity. Although religious in origin, it was the most important civic holiday in the city. This study fully describes both the cult and festival of San Giovanni in Florence from the thirteenth through the sixteenth century and then focuses on how the Medici family manipulated the celebration for their own needs. In an original, interdisciplinary approach, this fascinating book answers the traditional question of how the Medici gained and maintained control of Florence by examining contemporary visual and literary images of the festival. The author's thorough study of a series of sixteenth-century frescoes in Palazzo Vecchio provides proof of that powerful family's personal vision of their destiny in their newly created Principate."--Publisher description.".
- catalog contributor b8902073.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description ""The Festival of San Giovanni, Florence's elaborate celebration of the city's patron Saint, played a crucial role in the formation of Florentine communal identity. Although religious in origin, it was the most important civic holiday in the city. This study fully describes both the cult and festival of San Giovanni in Florence from the thirteenth through the sixteenth century and then focuses on how the Medici family manipulated the celebration for their own needs. In an original, interdisciplinary approach, this fascinating book answers the traditional question of how the Medici gained and maintained control of Florence by examining contemporary visual and literary images of the festival. The author's thorough study of a series of sixteenth-century frescoes in Palazzo Vecchio provides proof of that powerful family's personal vision of their destiny in their newly created Principate."--Publisher description.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-153).".
- catalog description "The cult of San Giovanni in Florence -- The festival of San Giovanni -- Alterations in the festival and their political significance -- Cosimo I's conception of the festival: the frescoes in the apartments of Eleonora of Toledo in Palazzo Vecchio -- The festival of San Jacopo in Pistoia: a comparative study.".
- catalog extent "x, 172 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Festival of San Giovanni.".
- catalog identifier "082042143X (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Festival of San Giovanni.".
- catalog isPartOf "American university studies. Series IX, History ; vol. 138".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Peter Lang,".
- catalog relation "Festival of San Giovanni.".
- catalog spatial "Italy Florence.".
- catalog subject "394.2/694551 20".
- catalog subject "Festivals Italy Florence.".
- catalog subject "Festivals Political aspects Italy Florence.".
- catalog subject "GT4995.J6 C47 1994".
- catalog subject "John the Baptist's Day.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The cult of San Giovanni in Florence -- The festival of San Giovanni -- Alterations in the festival and their political significance -- Cosimo I's conception of the festival: the frescoes in the apartments of Eleonora of Toledo in Palazzo Vecchio -- The festival of San Jacopo in Pistoia: a comparative study.".
- catalog title "The festival of San Giovanni : imagery and political power in Renaissance Florence / Heidi L. Chrétien.".
- catalog type "text".