02674cam a22003734a 4500 27290 27290 13954786 OSt 20170208091647.0 050506s2006 iluafg b 001 0 eng 2005013127 0226316599 (hdbk. : alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocm60375721 DLC DLC BAKER C#P DLC pcc e-it--- NX705.5.I82 F584 2006 700/.945/5109032 22 Harness, Kelley Ann, 1960- Echoes of women's voices : music, art, and female patronage in early modern Florence / Kelley Harness. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006. xvi, 378 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), music ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-367) and index. Modes of artistic communication and perception in early modern Florence -- "A more than virile prudence" : Archduchess Maria Magdalena -- Amazons of God : virgin martyr spectacles, 1621-25 -- "Una forte, magnanima, e generosa vedova" : Judith -- "She hoped to see in the triumphs of religion the triumphs of her house" : epic-chivalric poems and the equestrian ballets -- "Now it suits me to beseech" : end of the regency, end of a decade (1628-30) -- "One of the most perfect unions of the spiritual and the temporal imaginable" : the Monastero di Santa Croce -- "Queens of the Arno" : Medici princesses and the Crocetta -- Appendix A. Female worthies depicted in lunette frescoes in the audience room, Villa Poggio Imperiale -- Appendix B. Summary of Book 3 of the "Acts of Paul". Medici, House of Art patronage. Women art patrons Italy Florence History 17th century. Arts, Italian Italy Florence History 17th century. Music Italy Florence 17th century History and criticism. Florence (Italy) Kings and rulers Art patronage. Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0512/2005013127.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0664/2005013127-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0664/2005013127-d.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BOOKS NX 705.5 .I82F584 2006 0 0 lcc 0 0 MUC MUC TECH 2017-02-08 Donation (BFA) 0 NX 705.5 .I82F584 2006 34867 2018-07-07 00:00:00 2017-02-08 BOOKS