Bibliograph

Florence 1900, the quest for Arcadia, Bernd Roeck ; translated by Stewart Spencer

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Florence 1900, the quest for Arcadia, Bernd Roeck ; translated by Stewart Spencer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-307) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Florence 1900

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

263977319

Responsibility statement

Bernd Roeck ; translated by Stewart Spencer

Sub title

the quest for Arcadia

Summary

This title fuses narrative and ideas to consider how the encounter between modernism and Renaissance culture was experienced by both visitors to Florence and its inhabitants. --, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The mirror of Florence -- Trials and tribulations -- In the realm of Venus -- Judaeo-Christian divan -- Wonderful light : a city at the dawn of the modern age -- Florentine circles -- The Florence of foreigners -- North and South : Germans and Florentines -- May 1898 -- In defence of history -- Neurasthenia and mental balance : on Leonardo and Piero della Francesca -- Dealers in beauty -- The last Romantics -- Modern Florence -- 'Ninfa fiorentina' -- A farewell to Florence -- In the new century

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