{"product_id":"the-light-of-italy-the-life-and-times-of-federico-da-montefeltro-duke-of-urbino-paperback","title":"The Light of Italy: The Life and Times of Federico Da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJane Stevenson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of the Renaissance city and palace of Urbino, and the life of the extraordinary man who created it: Federico da Montefeltro. \u003cbr\u003e'Painstakingly researched and yet unfailingly readable' \u003cb\u003eRoss King\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'An insight into one of Renaissance Italy's most glamorous courts' \u003cb\u003eCatherine Fletcher\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'The perfect tour guide to the past' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A fabulous merging of seductive design with bravura scholarship' \u003cb\u003eAlexandra Harris\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A superior study... Packed with detail' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe one-eyed mercenary soldier Federico da Montefeltro, lord of Urbino between 1444 and 1482, was one of the most successful condottiere of the Italian Renaissance: renowned humanist, patron of the artist Piero della Francesca, and creator of one of the most celebrated libraries in Italy outside the Vatican. From 1460 until her early death in 1472 he was married to Battista, of the formidable Sforza family, their partnership apparently blissful. In the fine palace he built overlooking Urbino, Federico assembled a court regarded by many as representing a high point of Renaissance culture. For Baldassare Castiglione, Federico was \u003ci\u003ela luce dell'Italia\u003c\/i\u003e - 'the light of Italy'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJane Stevenson's affectionate account of Urbino's flowering and decline casts revelatory light on patronage, politics and humanism in fifteenth-century Italy. As well as recounting the gripping stories of Federico and his Montefeltro and della Rovere successors, Stevenson considers in details Federico's cultural legacy - investigating the palace itself, the splendours of the ducal library, and his other architectural projects in Gubbio and elsewhere.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Stevenson\u003c\/b\u003e has taught at the universities of Cambridge, Sheffield, Warwick and Aberdeen, and is now a Senior Research Fellow at Campion Hall, Oxford. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eBaroque Between the Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, a study of alternative currents in the interwar arts, and \u003ci\u003eEdward Burra: Twentieth Century Eye\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Stevenson\u003c\/b\u003e has taught at the universities of Cambridge, Sheffield, Warwick and Aberdeen, and is now a Senior Research Fellow at Campion Hall, Oxford. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eBaroque Between the Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, a study of alternative currents in the interwar arts, and \u003ci\u003eEdward Burra: Twentieth Century Eye\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 434\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 02, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772458991904,"sku":"9781800241985","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b0e96aa07ba289af30c065aac94eb9be.webp?v=1780406174","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-light-of-italy-the-life-and-times-of-federico-da-montefeltro-duke-of-urbino-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}