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Fashioning Florence: Portraiture And Civic Identity In The Mid-Sixteenth Century, Stephanie Ariela Kaplan
Fashioning Florence: Portraiture And Civic Identity In The Mid-Sixteenth Century, Stephanie Ariela Kaplan
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Despite intense socio-political upheaval, portraiture flourished in Florence of the 1530s-1540s. These works remain understudied, and are primarily examined in isolation from their broader context. This study evaluates a series of case studies to determine novel approaches to formulating identity through portraiture during the chaotic second quarter of the sixteenth century in Florence. Positioning the sitter as part of a collective, the artists and their patrons use assertions of civic identity to transcend a sense of otherness as they forge new identities and define new positions. Situated in the transition from republic to duchy, this project offers new insights into …