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English summary: This volume offers a critical examination of the works of Piero di Cosimo within the artistic and cultural context of early Renaissance Florence. Italian text. Italian description: Artista estroso, maestro di Pontormo, e autore di straordinarie tavole mitologiche e sacre, dalla fantastica iconografia e dalla problematica cronologia, che nel volume vengono ricostruite. La sua pittura - che ha creato non pochi problemi di attribuzione, data la scarsa abitudine a firmare e datare le proprie opere - e esaminata criticamente sulla traccia delle testimonianze del Vasari e trattata nell'ambito del mondo culturale e artistico fiorentino fra il Quattrocento e il Cinquecento. ... Read more

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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1899 edition by Wilhelm Knapp, Halle. ... Read more

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Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Christopher of Bavaria, Jodha of Mandore, Francis of Paola, Mara Branković, Piero Di Cosimo De' Medici, Nerio Ii Acciaioli, Antonio Squarcialupi, Pal Engjëlli, Benedikt Kotruljević, Thongwa Dönden, Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent, Margaret of Cleves, Antonio Missaglia, Nijō Mochimichi. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Christopher of Bavaria, known by his Danish and Norwegian title as Christoffer (III) af/av Bayern and by his Swedish title as Kristofer av Bayern, (26 February 1416 5 or 6 January 1448) was union king of Denmark (14401448), Sweden (14411448) and Norway (14421448). He was probably born at Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, the son of Duke John of Pfalz-Neumarkt and Catherine Vratislava, sister to Eric of Pomerania. Duke John was a son of King Rupert of Germany. In 1445, Christopher married Dorothea of Brandenburg (1430 25 November 1495), in Copenhagen. King Eric of Pomerania was deposed as king of Denmark and Sweden in 1439. As Eric's nephew, Christopher, who was rather unfamiliar with Scandinavian conditions, was elected by the Danish State Council as the successor to his uncle, first as regent from 1439, and then proclaimed King of Denmark at the Viborg Assembly (Danish landsting) on 9 April 1440. He was meant to be a puppet, as evidenced by the saying: "Had the Council demanded the stars of heaven from him, he would have ordered it." However he succeeded in maintaining some personal control. As a whole his rule, according to the politics of the nobility and his succession, might be called the start of the long period of balance between royal power and nobility which lasted until 1660. He was later elected king of Sweden in 1441, and Norway in June 1442. At the start of his reign , he put down peasant rebellions on Funen and Jutland. Once the...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=187755 ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Simonetta Cattaneo de Vespucci (nicknamed la bella Simonetta; ca. 1453 ? 26 April 1476) was the wife of the Italian nobleman Marco Vespucci of Florence. She also is alleged to have been the mistress of Giuliano de' Medici, Lorenzo the Magnificent's younger brother. She was renowned for being the greatest beauty of her age - certainly of the city of Florence. She is depicted in Piero di Cosimo's paintings Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci, in which she is portrayed as Cleopatra with an asp around her neck, and The Death of Procris. Countless poems and canvasses by many other painters were also created in her honor. ... Read more