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A sumptuous history of Renaissance Florence

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction
1. The Development of an Urban Monastery
2. Benedictine Decadence and the Path to Reform
3. Badia Patronage and the Paradox of Autonomy
4. Architectural Design as Monastic Reform
5. Icon, Symbol, and Narrative at the Florentine Badia
6. The Badia Painters
Epilogue: The Badia from the Renaissance to Today

Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Anne Leader is PhD in art history from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She is the editor of IASblog.

Reviews

"This meticulously researched, well-documented book is thoughtfully conceived and extremely well illustrated, and it contains an ample scholarly apparatus. It immediately becomes a standard source for the monastery's rich history. ... Highly recommended." Choice, October 2012 "The most comprehensive and holistic approach to the important, yet much neglected, Florentine monastery ever undertaken." Adelheid M. Gealt, Indiana University Bloomington