Images and identity in fifteenth-century Florence

Note on money, measurement, and dates Pt I: Moral Imperatives and Material Considerations

Ch. One The Imagery of Identity

Acquiring honor

Objects and occasions

"piu e piu masserizie"

Ch. Two

"Dello splendido vivere": on Necessary and Honorable Expenditure

The utility of wealth

Style and substance

Ch. Three

The Economy of Honor: Donatello and Artistic Practice in Fifteenth-Century Florence

The "middling classes"

Masters of their arts: Giovanni di maestro Antonio da Sanminiato and Donato di Niccol¿ di Betti Bardi

Pt. II: The Eye and the Beholder

Ch. Four

Seeing and Being Seen

Scrutiny: sight and social practice

Visual testimony

Ch. Five

The Eye of the Beholder

The "poet for shoemakers and bakers"

"Oh Memory that wrote down what I saw, here shall your worthiness appear!"

"Sweet hue of oriental sapphire ... to my eyes restored delight"

"I cannot but enjoy statues"

Pt. III: Seeing and Being

Ch. Six

Vision and Belief

"the eyes of the watchful heart"

"For our conversation is in heaven"

"What manner of salutation this should be?"

Ch. Seven

Happy Endings

Marriage and lineage

"... for a long time"