77. Title & Author: Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence by Tim Parks (255 pages)Genre: Nonfiction--History & Art History
Completed: 18 February 2009
Summary & Review:
This book covers approximately a century during the 1400s in Florence, Italy, and five generations of the Medici family. This time span encompasses the rise and fall of the Medici bank and looks at their forays into art, politics, and religious power.
While this book was quite broad in its scope and focused more heavily on the Medici bank thank on their artistic patronage, I enjoyed it. Parks was an entertaining author and was able to present the material in a unique fashion.
Rating: 8.5
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