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001 2014033159
003 DLC
005 20150512085328.0
008 140820s2015 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014033159
020 $a9781107043596 (hardback)
020 $a9781107043596 (paperback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aNB623.B9$bA64 2014b
082 00 $a730.92$223
084 $aART000000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aPaoletti, John T.,$eauthor.
245 10 $aMichelangelo's David :$bFlorentine history and civic identity /$cJohn T. Paoletti, Wesleyan University ; with documents newly transcribed and edited by Rolf Bagemihl.
264 1 $aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2015.
300 $axii, 388 pages :$billustrations ;$c27 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 363-375) and index.
520 $a"This book takes a new look at the interpretations of, and the historical information surrounding, Michelangelo's David. New documentary materials discovered by Rolf Bagemihl add to the early history of the stone block that became the David and provide an identity for the painted terracotta colossus that stood on the cathedral buttresses for which Michelangelo's statue was to be a companion. The David, with its placement at the Palazzo della Signoria, was deeply implicated in the civic history of Florence, where public nakedness played a ritual role in the military and in the political lives of its people. This book, then, places the David not only within the artistic history of Florence and its monuments but also within the popular culture of the period as well"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: 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 I: documents for Michelangelo's David and its predecessors; Appendix II: report of the commission to advise on the placement of the David.
600 00 $aMichelangelo Buonarroti,$d1475-1564.$tDavid.
650 0 $aArt and society$zItaly$zFlorence$xHistory$y16th century.
651 0 $aFlorence (Italy)$xSymbolic representation.
651 0 $aFlorence (Italy)$xPolitics and government$y1421-1737.
650 7 $aART / General.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aBagemihl, Rolf.
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/43596/cover/9781107043596.jpg