Filelfo in Milan: Writings 1451-1477

by Diana Robin

Book Overview

In this portrait of the flamboyant Milanese courtier Francesco Filelfo (1398-1481), Diana Robin reveals a fifteenth-century humanism different from the cool, elegant classicism of Medicean Florence and patrician Venice. Although Filelfo served such heads of state as Pope Pius II, Cosimo de' Medici, and Francesco Sforza, his humanism was that of the "other"--the marginalized, exilic writer, whose extraordinary mind yet obscure origins made him a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691608431
• ISBN13: 9780691608433
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"