Street corners, guild halls, government offices, and confraternity centers contained paintings that made the city of Florence a visual jewel at precisely the time of its emergence as an international cultural leader. This book considers the paintings that were made specifically for consideration by [...]

This book examines the important social role of charitable institutions for women and children in late Renaissance Florence. Wars, social unrest, disease, and growing economic inequality on the Italian peninsula displaced hundreds of thousands of families during this period. In order to handle the s[...]

This book examines the multi-media art patronage of three generations of the Tornabuoni family, who commissioned works from innovative artists, such as Sandro Botticelli and Rosso Fiorentino. Best known for commissioning the fresco cycle in Santa Maria Novella by Domenico Ghirlandaio, a key monument[...]

Call to Serve builds upon the long history of educating veterans and updates the knowledge base and brings currency to what have been more traditional institutional efforts and responses to meet veterans' needs.[...]

Title: Rome, Naples and Florence in 1817. Sketches of the present state of society, manners, arts, literature, &c. in these celebrated cities.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest resea[...]

She was a woman with a dream. Nobody believed in her talent. But nothing could stop her. . . This is the true story of
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS
Now the basis of a major motion picture starring Academy Award--winning actress Meryl Streep She had no pitch, no rhythm, and no tone. Still, Floren[...]