Florence, capital of painting and the arts: foreword / Cristina Acidini

Florence and the art of painting : foreword / Msgr. Timothy Verdon

Introduction: "Choosing the flower from every part" : Renaissance Florence and the wider world

The dawn of Florentine painting, 1280-1348

Florentine painting after the Black Death, 1348-1400

"Giotto born again": the Renaissance in Florence, 1400-1434

Florentine painting under the Medici, 1434-1494

"The troubles of Italy": Florentine art, 1494-1569

Florentine painting under the Grand Dukes, 1569-1743

"The beautiful city of Florence enticed and retains": foreign painters and paintings at the Medici Court.