Rhetorics of Power and Dissent: Michelangelo and a 1000 Medici Manuscripts

The present study theorizes the ornamentation of the Laurentian Library’s vestibule as early modern architectural rhetoric and examines how architectural design constructed societal norms pertaining to articulation and eloquence, influence and power. I frame the Laurentian Library and its Medici man...

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Published inHart no. 15; pp. 181 - 196
Main Author Apostolski, Dijana O
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bogata Universidad de Los Andes, UNIANDES Journals (Revistas UNIANDES) 01.09.2023
Universidad de Los Andes
Subjects
architectural ornament
Architecture
book collection
early modern library
florence
knowledge production
laurentian library
Libraries
monastery of san marco
Patronage
Power
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ISSN2539-2263
2590-9126
DOI10.25025/hart15.2023.07

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Summary:The present study theorizes the ornamentation of the Laurentian Library’s vestibule as early modern architectural rhetoric and examines how architectural design constructed societal norms pertaining to articulation and eloquence, influence and power. I frame the Laurentian Library and its Medici manuscript collection as apparatuses that challenged and legitimized perceptions of the Medici’s constructed nobility and overbearing political identity. The study unfolds one manner in which early modern Florentine art production centralized around Medici patronage to glorify their lineage and the emerging Tuscan duchy.
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ISSN:2539-2263
2590-9126
DOI:10.25025/hart15.2023.07