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Donatello's decapitations and the rhetoric of beheading in Medicean Florence

Donatello's decapitations and the rhetoric of beheading in Medicean Florence

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Donatello's decapitations and the rhetoric of beheading in Medicean Florence

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Donatello's decapitations and the rhetoric of beheading in Medicean Florence

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Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Renaissance studies, 2009-11, Vol.23 (5), p.609-638

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English

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Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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While Donatello's bronze sculptures of Judith and David are stylistically discrete, and may have been originally created in and for different contexts, they are firmly connected to one another through their content: both figures clearly are characterized as active agents of decapitation. As this article argues, the Medici fostered a familial associ...

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Donatello's decapitations and the rhetoric of beheading in Medicean Florence

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1035939013

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1035939013

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0269-1213

E-ISSN

1477-4658

DOI

10.1111/j.1477-4658.2009.00593.x

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