The Medici Power Money and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance by Paul Strathern
Brand: Pegasus Books
Product Description
A dazzling history of the modest family that rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe The Medici is a remarkably modern story of power money and ambition. Against the background of an age that saw the rebirth of ancient and classical learning Paul Strathern explores the intensely dramatic rise and fall of the Medici family in Florence as well as the Italian Renaissance which they did so much to sponsor and encourage. Strathern also follows the lives of many of the great Renaissance artists with whom the Medici had dealings including Leonardo Michelangelo and Donatello as well as scientists like Galileo and Pico della Mirandola and the fortunes of those members of the Medici family who achieved success away from Florence including the two Medici popes and Catherine de Medicis who became Queen of France and played a major role in that country through three turbulent reigns. show more
Condition : New
Author : Paul Strathern
Weight : 683
Publisher : PEGASUS BOOKS
Language : English
EAN : 9781605989662
ISBN10 : 1605989665
Format : Hardback
Date of Publication : 20150428
Place of Publication : New York United States
Pagination : NA
Dimensions : 165 X 236 X 41mm