Agnolo Bronzino : Medici court artist in context / edited by Andrea M. Gáldy.

Papers presented at a conference organized by the British Institute in Florence in conjunction with the exhibition, Bronzino : artist and poet at the Court of the Medici," held at the Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy, Sept. 24, 2010-Jan. 23, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-147) and index.

Style and dress : an interdisciplinary study of the female portraits by Agnolo Bronzino -- Bronzino's portrait of Maria Salviati -- Identity and likeness : Bronzino's Medici portraits -- Bronzino's Corpus between ancient models and modern masters -- Bronzino and his freinds : the Medici-Toledo tapestries -- Altered context : Bronzino's Descent of Christ into Limbo -- Towards a postmodernist Bronzino?

"The Florentine artist Agnolo Bronzino (1503-1572) has long been celebrated as the consummate court painter and his sumptuous portrayals of Duke Cosimo de' Medici and Duchess Eleonora de Toledo have become icons of Italian Renaissance art. In this volume, an international assembly of scholars advances modern perceptions of Bronzino's art by applying fresh research paradigms not only to the well-known portraits, but also to other painted subjects, frescoes, and tapestries within the context of ancient Roman precedents, Renaissance European court culture, and postmodernist theory. The seven essays supplement two recent Bronzino exhibitions in New York and Florence (2010) by addressing Bronzino's portraiture, creative process, and tapestry production as well as past and present attitudes towards nudity, sexuality, landscapes, and poetic satire in Bronzino's imagery."--Pub. desc.

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