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The Piazza della Signoria: The Visualization of Political Discourse through Sculpture

Deibel, Danielle Marie
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent149298059548259

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2017, MA, Kent State University, College of the Arts / School of Art.
In the Italian Renaissance, Florence was a known epicenter of artistic talent and influential patronage. This body of research focuses on the Piazza della Signoria, a public space located in the heart of Florence, and the first four sculptures placed within it by the Republic during the fourteenth to early sixteenth century. The formulation of the Piazza della Signoria, as well as the factionalism of the city-state, had a significant impact upon the Florentine government. Through displaying sculptures such as the Marzocco, Donatello’s David and Judith and Holofernes, and Michelangelo’s David, publicly for the first time, the Republican government could convey political messages openly to its citizens, each sculpture increasing the complexity of the overall program. Each of these works is discussed in depth and their political context emphasized, specifically in relation to the Medici exile of 1494. When the Medici returned, and were reinstalled into power in 1512, new sculptures were commissioned to temper the symbolism of the previously installed works, suggesting the success of these sculptures as images of Florentine liberty. Therefore, rather than engage with these sculptures individually, I deem it necessary to study them collectively, as they once were interpreted in the public realm.
Gustav Medicus (Advisor)
Diane Scillia (Committee Member)
John-Michael Warner (Committee Member)
89 p.
Art History
Piazza della Signoria; Palazzo Vecchio; Judith and Holofernes; Marzocco; David; Michelangelo; Donatello; Political; Sculpture; Florence; Florentine; Medici; Republic; Art; Art History; Loggia dei Lanzi; Judith; Jewish; Heroine; Hero; Symbolism

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  • Deibel, D. M. (2017). The Piazza della Signoria: The Visualization of Political Discourse through Sculpture [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent149298059548259

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Deibel, Danielle. The Piazza della Signoria: The Visualization of Political Discourse through Sculpture. 2017. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent149298059548259.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Deibel, Danielle. "The Piazza della Signoria: The Visualization of Political Discourse through Sculpture." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent149298059548259

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