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The Florence of Landor (1905) (14766468625)
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Title: The Florence of Landor
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Whiting, Lilian, 1847-1942
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Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown, and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation
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l II came to a peaceful throne. He justlybolds the confidence and respect of the nation.Still the trovatore della transizione is stirringin the quickening pulse beats, and a future awaitsItaly when as a democracy she shall rise to thefull heights of the splendor of the dreams of Maz-zini and Cavour; when all her poetic and artisticand profoundly emotional susceptibilities shallbe so reinforced by intellectual vigor, and by themagnetism of contemporary progress, that all thatis greatest and noblest in the past shall meet andmingle and assimilate itself with all that is noblestand most enduring in the inspiring future. Unchanged, too, from the days of Landor inFlorence is the ancient Palazzo Vecchio, — un-changed since the early sixteenth-century dayswhen the gonfalonier Capponi had the mono-gram of Christ, invested with a glory, carved ina marble decoration above the principal entrance,and, in a last effort to conquer the Medici, theFlorentines declared Jesus Christ to be the King 22
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AN ANGEL OF THE TABERNACLE. Fra Angelica. In the Ufflzi Gallery, Florence. THE FLORENCE OF LANDOR of Florence and had the inscription Reoc PopuliFlorentini placed over the great doors, an in-scription changed afterward to that of Rexregum et Dominus dominantium. The splendidcourt of Arnolfo, through which one passes to themassive stone staircases ascending to the Saladei Cinquecento, the Camera di Cosimo I, theSalotto di Clement VII, and other historic rooms,charm the twentieth-century visitor with thesame splendid colonnade that delighted the eye ofCosimo il Vecchio. The Cappella de Priori, withits ceiling by Ghirlandajo and its crucifix over thealtar attributed to Ghiambologna, is precisely asit was when Savonarola celebrated here his lastcommunion before his execution on that tragicday of four hundred years ago. The magnificentDuomo of Brunelleschi; Santa Croce, the West-minster Abbey, the Pantheon, of Florence ; SanMarco with its cloistered cells forever immortal-ized by the glory
Early Renaissance or Quattrocento (Italian mille quattrocento, or 1400) refers to the 15th century in Florentine art. Extraordinary wealth was accumulated in Florence among a growing middle and upper class of merchants and bankers. Florence saw itself as a city-state where the freedom of the individual was guaranteed, and where a significant share of residents had the right to participate in the government. In 1400 Florence was engaged in a struggle with the Duke of Milan. Then, between 1408 and 1414 again, by the King of Naples. Both died before they could conquer Florence. In 1425 Florence won the war against Milan. The Florentine interpreted these victories as signs of God's favor and imagined themselves as the "New Rome". In this new optimistic and wealthy environment, Florentine artists immersed themselves in studies of the humanities, architecture, philosophy, theology, mathematics, science, and design. They spurred a rejuvenation of the glories of classical art in line with the humanistic and individualistic tendencies of the contemporary era. Quattrocento was followed by the High Renaissance, North European Renaissance, Mannerism, and Baroque periods. Unlike the previous proto-renaissances, the innovations that emerged in Florence would go on to cause reverberations in Italy and Northern Europe, which continue to influence culture until today.
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