Florence

Francis Ames-Lewis is Emeritus Professor of the History of Art at Birkbeck College, University of London. He has edited or co-edited ten volumes of collected essays and conference papers, and has contributed numerous articles to scholarly journals and books. He is the author of several books, including Drawing in Early Renaissance Italy, The Draftsman Raphael and The Intellectual Life of the Early Renaissance Artist.

• Introduction Francis Ames-Lewis; 1. Florence, 1300–1600 Francis W. Kent; 2. Florence before the black death Janet Robson; 3. The arts in Florence after the black death Louise Bourdua; 4. Republican Florence, 1400–1434 Adrian W. B. Randolph; 5. The Florence of Cosimo 'Il Vecchio' de' Medici: within and beyond the walls Roger J. Crum; 6. Art and cultural identity in Lorenzo de' Medici's Florence Caroline Elam; 7. Republican Florence and the arts, 1494–1513 Jill Burke; 8. Florence under the Medici pontificates, 1513–1537 William E. Wallace; 9. Cosimi I and the arts Elizabeth Pilliod.