Exotic animals in the art and culture of the Medici court in Florence / by Angelica Groom.
The book examines the roles that rare and exotic animals played in the cultural self-fashioning and the political imaging of the Medici court during the family's reign, first as Dukes of Florence (1532-1569) and subsequently as Grand Dukes of Tuscany (1569-1737). The book opens with an examinat...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2018] |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Rulers & Elites
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (360 pages) :; illustrations (some color). |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction and Global Perspective of Animal Collecting and Menageries
- Cultural Uses of Animals at the Medici Court
- Zoological Collecting: Practices of Exchange and Processes of Procurement
- Menageries and Aviaries in Medicean Florence
- The Sport of the Chase: "Exotic Hunts"
- Spectacles of Slaughter and Courtly Pageants: Exotic Beasts as Symbols of Power and Colonial Ambitions
- Exotic Animals in the Art of the Medici Court
- Animal Imagery in the Service of Political Imaging
- Medici Patronage and Early Modern Naturalism: Tensions between Scientific and Decorative Naturalism
- The Ambrogiana Series of Animal Paintings
- Conclusion.