The court cities of northern Italy: Milan, Parma, Piacenza, Mantua, Ferrara, Bologna, Urbino, Pesaro, and Rimini

Contents

Patrons, artists, and audiences in Renaissance Milan, 1300-1600 / Evelyn Welch -- Center and periphery : art patronage in Renaissance Piacenza and Parma / Giuseppe Bertini -- The art of diplomacy : Mantua and the Gonzaga, 1328-1630 / Molly Bourne -- Estense patronage and the construction of the Ferrarese Renaissance, c. 1395-1598 / Anthony Colantuono -- Art, patronage, and civic identities in Renaissance Bologna / David J. Drogin -- Art patronage in Renaissance Urbino, Pesaro, and Rimini, c. 1400-1550 / Mary Hollingsworth.