肖像，一个固有的个人主题，为探索文艺复兴时期佛罗伦萨的政治、赞助和权力提供了引人注目的切入点。

美第奇家族在1434年至1494年间一直统治着佛罗伦萨，但在1512年重新掌权后，为了巩固美第奇家族的统治地位，新任统治者科西莫一世·德·美第奇（Cosimo I de’ Medici）将文化作为政治工具加以利用。他的统治将佛罗伦萨变成了一个王朝式的公国，并推动这座城市成为艺术中心。16世纪的佛罗伦萨，经历了戏剧性的政治变革，肖像画成为一种重要的政治手段，借肖像展现了主人公的性格、社会地位和文化修养。本书收录了90多幅杰出的肖像作品，涵盖绘画、雕塑、纸上作品和勋章等类别，由当时活跃于佛罗伦萨的艺术家创作，例如画家蓬托莫（Jacopo Pontormo）、布龙齐诺（Agnolo Bronzino）、雕塑家本韦努托·切利尼（Benvenuto Cellini）等。本书由国际领先的作者团队撰写，是对意大利艺术的一个关键和充满活力的时期进行了全面深入的探索。

Portraits, an inherently personal subject, provide an engaging entry point to an exploration of the politics, patronage, and power in Renaissance Florence

The Medici family ruled Florence without interruption between 1434 and 1494, but following their return to power in 1512, Cosimo I de’ Medici demonstrated an unprecedented ability to wield culture as a political tool. His rule transformed Florence into a dynastic duchy and give Florentine art the central position it has held ever since. As Florence underwent these dramatic political transformations in the sixteenth century, portraits became an essential means of recording a likeness and conveying a sitter’s character, social position, and cultural ambitions. This fascinating book explores the ways that painters (including Jacopo Pontormo, Agnolo Bronzino, and Francesco Salviati), sculptors (such as Benvenuto Cellini), and artists in other media endowed their works with an erudite and self-

consciously stylish character that distinguished Florentine portraiture. Featuring more than ninety remarkable paintings, sculptures, works on paper, and medals, this volume is written by a team of leading international authors and presents a sweeping, penetrating exploration of a crucial and vibrant period in Italian art.