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Florence Medici: Images of influence

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DAFES choice. May 2024 

Medici is an influential name whose representatives have repeatedly become the rulers of Florence from the 15th to the 17th century and have left a significant mark in at least every corner of Tuscany. The book aims at an inventory of the Italian region on the impact of the family. In the field of research: architecture, art, politics, economics, religion, and, of course, culture.

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Book cover

The publication is printed on the thin paper of Palatina in a shade of ivory. The factural side-cut is hand-made and refers to the Renaissance Books.

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The book’s factural trimming

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Entrance to the book

Photos at the corner of the magazine are printed behind each other and are located on the stripes. Semi-transpared paper allows images to cross from opposite sides of the pages, creating new images of recognized Florentine objects.

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Content (left), Medici genealogy (right)

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Smooths of three parts

The organization of turns changes in the course of the narrative. The first part of the book uses a single column with a thin column of notes, the second part uses a two — column, and the third part uses one -, two — or three — column depending on the chapter.

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Organization of book turns from first to third part (left to right columns)

Part I. Dynasty

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Model turns

The white turns focus on the main theme of the book, the classical art of the Renaissance era and its creators. The black turns show examples of modern artwork inspired by the work of the Medici masters.

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Model turns

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Reversal Fragment

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In high-note turns, the column of the main set gives way to the column with additional information.

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The footnotes in circles refer to the illustrations highlighted by the bold text — to the notes

Part II. Glory

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Model turns

In the second part of the book, on the history of the Medici era, the one — column of the core set is replaced by a monumental two — column.

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Reversal Fragment

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Model turns

Part III. Legacy

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Map of historical areas of Florence

The final part of the book, a guide to signs related to the Medici family name, consists of four chapters corresponding to the city’s four historical areas.

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Smooths of chapters and maps of selected areas

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Fragment of the San Giovanni area map

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Reversals with modern projects in Florence Medici

In part, as in the first part of Dynasty, modern cultural projects organized in Florence Medici are shown on a black background.

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Internal Schmuztitul chapter with a plan for the Santa Croce basilica and an indication of the sites to which separate paragraphs are devoted

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Model turns

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Bibliography

curators: Evgeny Korneev, Sofia Krutlova Content Producer: Michael Nisenbaum Printographer: Sergei Nehaev (Artik Prince)

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