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The innocents of Florence : the Renaissance discovery of childhood / Joseph Luzzi.
Van Pelt Library HV1195.F562 O8745 2025
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Luzzi, Joseph, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ospedale degli Innocenti (Florence, Italy)--History.
- Ospedale degli Innocenti (Florence, Italy).
- Brunelleschi, Filippo, 1377-1446.
- Brunelleschi, Filippo.
- Orphanages--Italy--Florence--History--15th century.
- Orphanages.
- Orphans--Education--Italy--Florence--History.
- Orphans.
- Children--Italy--History--15th century.
- Children.
- Arts in education--Italy--Florence.
- Arts in education.
- Children--History.
- Orphanages--History.
- Orphans--Education.
- Italy.
- Italy--Florence.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 210 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2025]
- Summary:
- One of The New Yorker's Best Books of 2025 How a Florentine orphanage rescued thousands of children and revolutionized childhood education amid the splendor of Renaissance art.
- Contents:
- The godfather
- Pippo's coup
- The great unwanted
- Bread and beauty
- The Renaissance child
- Agata's army
- Pinocchio's shadow
- Still innocent.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781324065784
- 1324065788
- OCLC:
- 1490364444
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000289311
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