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Medici money : banking, metaphysics, and art in fifteenth-century Florence /
By: Parks, Tim.
Publisher: London : Profile Books, 2005Description: xii, 273 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.Content type: text | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1861977913; 9781861977915:.Subject(s): Medici, House of -- Art patronage | Medici House of | Medici House of -- Art patronage | Banks and banking -- Italy -- Florence -- History | Art, Renaissance -- Italy -- Florence
| Art, Italian -- Italy -- Florence | Artists and patrons -- Italy -- FlorenceDDC classification: 332.1094509 Summary: In the 15th century the Medici family ruled Florence & are famous as patrons of the arts & political actors. Tim Parks explores the root of their power: the family bank. For five generations the Medici bought power and influence, often with a now legendary ruthlessness, until the collapse of their bank in 1494.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-253) and index.
In the 15th century the Medici family ruled Florence & are famous as patrons of the arts & political actors. Tim Parks explores the root of their power: the family bank. For five generations the Medici bought power and influence, often with a now legendary ruthlessness, until the collapse of their bank in 1494.