Cosimo I de' Medici and his self-representation in Florentine art and culture

Abstract

1. Dynasty and destiny 2. Shaping the Florentinist perspective 3. The Sala Grande in the Palazzo della Signoria 4. The Uffizi and the Pitti 5. The Apparato for the entry of Joanna of Austria 6. The Neptune Fountain and other major secular commissions 7. Commissions in churches 8. The Grand Ducal commissions (1569-74) 9. In praise of the city and its elite 10. The Florentinist Perspective 11. Cosimo the citizen prince.