Translator's Acknowledgments
Translator's Introduction
Abbreviations
Author's Preface
Author's Introduction
PART I The Commissions
CHAPTER 1 Great Projects and Work on Them from 1420 to 1530
- The Duomo and Baptistery
- The Church and Convent of Santa Maria Novella
- The Palazzo Vecchio
CHAPTER 2 Sculptural Commissions
- Sculpture for Church Buildings
- Sculpture for Domestic Buildings
CHAPTER 3 Painting Commissions
- Wall Painting and Stained Glass in the Interior of Churches and Convent Buildings
- Panel Painting in Sacred Settings
- Banners and Vestments
- Paintings in Domestic Interiors
- Household Paintings on Wood and Canvas
- Painting on the Exterior of Buildings and Throughout the Cityscape
CHAPTER 4 Artistic Participation in the Staging of Public Festivities and Spectacles
PART II The Patrons
CHAPTER 5 The City Government and the Guilds
CHAPTER 6 Private Patronage in the Early and Mid-Quattrocento
- Representatives of the First Stage of the Early Renaissance
- Giovanni Rucellai and Cosimo de' Medici
- Cosimo’s Sons, Piero and Giovanni de' Medici
Attitudes and Forms of Patronage
CHAPTER 7 Lorenzo Magnifico, Piero di Lorenzo, and Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’ Medici
CHAPTER 8 Patrons from the Medici Circle in Florence and the Netherlands: the Sassetti, Portinari, Tornabuoni, Filippo Strozzi, and Others
CHAPTER 9 Patrons of the High Renaissance and Extra-Florentine Commissioners and Collectors
CHAPTER 10 The General Attitude toward Art: The Public and the Artist
PART III The Artist’s Workshop and the Art Market
CHAPTER 11 The Artist Class: Its Numerical Strength, Professional Organization, and Occupational Divisions
CHAPTER 12 Studios and their Working Procedures
- Living and Working Places and the Organization of Work: Master, Assistants, and Apprentices
- The Process of Sculpture
- The Painter's Working Procedure: Drawing
- Execution of Panel and Wall Paintings
- The New Generation of Artists: Training for Apprentices and Assistants
CHAPTER 13 Business Practices in the Workshop and Art Market
- Price Formation and Forms of Payment
- Economic Status of Artists
CHAPTER 14 The Artists
- Class Status and Class Consciousness
- The Artist as a Person, his Social Circle, his Way of Life and Work
- The Artistic Temperament and Range of Interests
- The Artistic Type in Contemporary Society
Author's Bibliography
Translator's Bibliography
Index
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