Cosimo de' Medici and the Florentine Renaissance: the patron's oeuvre

Part I - The patron's oeuvre

Cosimo's oeuvre

Cosimo's letters

Learning the lessons of Florentine culture : Who Cosimo knew

Educating the patron : What Cosimo read

Part II - The common culture of the Florentine audience : The Medici share in this

Venues and performances

Compilations and the corpus of texts

Popular devotion and the prerception of images

Images of Florentine patronage refracted through popular culture

Part III - Cosimo's religious commissions

Expiation, charity, intercession

Building "for the honor of God, and the honor of the city, and the memory of me"

Part IV - The house of the Medici

The palace : Measuring self on the urban map

Accomodating the patron

The chapel in the heart of the palace : A microcosm of Medici patronage

Part V - The patron as "auctor"

Patrons and their artists : "The variety of genius"

The patron's choice : Princes, patricians, partisans

Conclusion : An oeuvre defines its patron : Cosimo's visable image

Appendix A : A list of what appear to be popular miscellanies compiled from the Pupilli record.