01486 a2200241 4500 1138265470 20250317100413.0 250312042017GB eng 9781138265479 Taylor & Francis GBP 42.99 BB 01 eng AB thema AB bic ART015030 bisac 728.82094551 bisac James R. Lindow Renaissance Palace in Florence Magnificence and Splendour in Fifteenth-Century Italy 1 Oxford Routledge 20170331 286 p This book provides a reassessment of the theory of magnificence in light of the related social virtue of splendour. Author James Lindow highlights how magnificence, when applied to private palaces, extended beyond the exterior to include the interior as a series of splendid spaces where virtuous expenditure could and should be displayed. Examining the fifteenth-century Florentine palazzo from a new perspective, Lindow's groundbreaking study considers these buildings comprehensively as complete entities, from the exterior through to the interior. This book highlights the ways in which classical theory and Renaissance practice intersected in quattrocento Florence. Using unpublished inventories, private documents and surviving domestic objects, The Renaissance Palace in Florence offers a more nuanced understanding of the early modern urban palace. 2606 2606