Art, Mobility, and Exchange in Early Modern Tuscany and Eurasia

Francesco Freddolini is Associate Professor of Art History at Luther College, University of Regina, Canada, and Director of the Humanities Research Institute, University of Regina.Marco Musillo is an independent researcher.

• Introduction: Eurasian Tuscany, or the Fifth ElementFrancesco FreddoliniPart 1: Mediterranean Connections Making a New Prince: Tuscany, the Pasha of Aleppo, and the Dream of a New LevantBrian Brege2. To the Victor Go the Spoils: Christian Triumphalism, Cosimo I de’ Medici and the Order of Santo Stefano in PisaJoseph M. Silva3. Medici Patronage and Exotic Collectibles in the Seventeenth Century: the Cospi CollectionFederica GigantePart 2: Livorno: Infrastructures and Networks of Exchange4. Disembedding the Market: Commerce, Competition, and the Free Port of 1676Corey Tazzara5. Red Coral from Livorno to Hirado: British Early Trading Networks and Maritime Trajectories, c. 1570-1623 Tiziana Iannello6. Ginori Porcelain: Florentine Identity and trade with the LevantCinzia Maria SiccaPart 3: Asian Interactions7. Of Rhinos, Peppercorns, and Saints: (Re)presenting India in Medici FlorenceErin E. Benay9. Eurasian Networks of Pietre Dure: Francesco Paolsanti Indiano and His Early Seventeenth-Century Trade between Florence and Goa Francesco Freddolini10. The Russian Fata Morgana of Cosimo III: The Fluctuating Portraits of Kangxi between Florence and BeijingMarco Musillo11. Postscript. Textual Threads and Starry Messengers: The Global Medici from the Archive to the FondacoMarco Musillo

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