“Le tems revient”- “’l tempo si rinuova”. Feste e spettacoli nella Firenze di Lorenzo il Magnifico

This catalog accompanied the exhibition "Le tems revient" - “’l tempo si rinuova”. Feste e spettacoli nella Firenze di Lorenzo il Magnifico" organized by Paola Ventrone for the National Celebrations for the V Centenary of the death of Lorenzo de' Medici. As noted by the numerous reviews, the event was an important and innovative step forward both for studies on Renaissance theater and for the way of conceiving art exhibitions. In fact, for the first time in Italy, it did not limit itself to exhibit paintings or written documents but, in an interdisciplinary manner, it placed side by side objects of different genres (paintings, jewels, manuscripts, prints, theatrical maquettes, banners, weapons and armor, textiles, etc.), to illustrate the material and ideological culture of the theater in all its complexity. The catalog respects the structure of the exhibition in the seven sections containing the illustrative sheets of the exhibits (all introduced by a presentation by the editor), while in the first part presents a series of specialized essays on the various cultural components, and related scientific skills (theatrical, heraldic, chivalrous, literary, architectural), involved in the exhibition itself. A new picture of the history of the theater of the Laurentian age emerged, all based on first hand sources, broadly illustrated in the introductory essay by the editor.