"An absorbing study of fifteenth-century patrons and artists... A
vivid, lively account of a complex society in which art was made to
express the wealth, status, worldly concerns, and religious
aspirations of its patrons." -- Art Quarterly
"Hollingsworth pursues her subject from Florence to Venice, into
five of Italy's independent princely states (Milan, Ferrara,
Mantua, Urbino, and Naples) before ending with the papal court at
Rome. She writes authoritatively, drawing on a vast store of
knowledge." -- Sunday Times
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