Title Michelangelo's David : Florentine history and civic identity / John T. Paoletti, Wesleyan University ; with documents newly transcribed and edited by Rolf Bagemihl

Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 388 pages) : illustrations Contents 1. The commission and history of the David -- 2. David, narrative ambiguity, and the competition with antiquity -- 3. The David and sculpture at the cathedral -- 4. David and the symbols of the state at the Palazzo della Signoria -- 5. Naked men in piazza -- Appendix A. Concerning Michelangelo's David and other related commissions. Part 1: Original documents for Michelangelo's David and its predecessors ; Part 2: Translation of documents for Michelangelo's David and its predecessors -- Appendix B. Report of the Committee to Advise on the Placement of the David : transcription and translation Summary "This 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"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Main text in English, original documents transcribed in Latin and Italian Subject Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564. David. SUBJECT Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475-1564 David gnd David (Michelangelo Buonarroti) fast Subject Art and society -- Italy -- Florence -- History -- 16th century ART -- Sculpture & Installation. Art and society Politics and government SUBJECT Florence (Italy) -- Symbolic representation Florence (Italy) -- Politics and government -- 1421-1737. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85049203 Subject Italy -- Florence Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Bagemihl, Rolf. ISBN 9781107338784 1107338786 9781316247693 1316247694 9781316249598 131624959X 110704359X 9781107043596

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