The light of Italy : the life and times of Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino
Stevenson, Jane, 1959-2022
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The story of the Renaissance city and palace of Urbino, and the life of the extraordinary man who created it: Federico da Montefeltro, humanist, book-collector, patron of celebrated artists, and battle-scarred mercenary soldier. Between 1444 and 1482 the dukedom of Urbino, in what is now the northern part of the region of Marche in central Italy, was ruled by a remarkable man. He was Federico da Montefeltro, condottiere, humanist, book-collector, patron of such artists as Piero della Francesca and creator of one of the most renowned libraries in Italy outside of the Vatican. From 1460 he was married to Battista, of the formidable Sforza family, their partnership apparently a blissful one: Federico calling his wife 'the delight of both my public and my private hours'.
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Author:
Stevenson, Jane, 1959-, author
Imprint:
London : Apollo, 2022.
Collation:
434 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781800241985 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
945.67705945.677B/GUID945.677 STEVB GUIB
Language:
English
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BRN:
2254441
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