{"product_id":"michelangelos-david-florentine-history-and-civic-identity-hardback-9781107043596","title":"Michelangelo's David; Florentine History and Civic Identity (Hardback) 9781107043596","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMichelangelo's David\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFlorentine History and Civic Identity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book presents new archival sources, suggests new interpretations of the David, and connects the statue to contemporary historical events in Florence.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn T. Paoletti (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107043596, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 12 February 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e399 pages, 82 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e26.5 x 18.5 x 2.5 cm, 1 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Michelangelo's David is a valuable link in an ongoing chain of Michelangelo studies, and a detailed study of the extended history and ambiguity of the statue's historical, civic, political, and Christian connotations …' Joost Joustra, Oxford Art Journal\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book takes a new look at the interpretations of, and the historical information surrounding, Michelangelo's David. New documentary materials discovered by Rolf Bagemihl add to the early history of the stone block that became the David and provide an identity for the painted terracotta colossus that stood on the cathedral buttresses for which Michelangelo's statue was to be a companion. The David, with its placement at the Palazzo della Signoria, was deeply implicated in the civic history of Florence, where public nakedness played a ritual role in the military and in the political lives of its people. This book, then, places the David not only within the artistic history of Florence and its monuments but also within the popular culture of the period as well.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The commission and history of the David\u003cbr\u003e 2. David, narrative ambiguity, and the competition with antiquity\u003cbr\u003e 3. The David and sculpture at the cathedral\u003cbr\u003e 4. David and the symbols of the state at the Palazzo della Signoria\u003cbr\u003e 5. Naked men in piazza\u003cbr\u003e Appendix I: documents for Michelangelo's David and its predecessors\u003cbr\u003e Appendix II: report of the commission to advise on the placement of the David.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], Sculpture [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sculpture\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sculpture%20%5BAFKB%5D%22\"\u003eAFKB\u003c\/a\u003e], Renaissance art [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Renaissance art\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Renaissance%20art%20%5BACND%5D%22\"\u003eACND\u003c\/a\u003e], History of art \/ art \u0026amp; design styles [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of art \/ art \u0026amp; design styles\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20art%20\/%20art%20\u0026amp;%20design%20styles%20%5BAC%5D%22\"\u003eAC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909229043992,"sku":"9781107043596","price":87.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107043596i_c6e517b5-e0c0-48b5-bf12-ca82fe175455.jpg?v=1691361570","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/michelangelos-david-florentine-history-and-civic-identity-hardback-9781107043596","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}