Cosimo de’ Medici and the Florentine Renaissance: The Patron’s Oeuvre by Dale Kent philosophy entertainment history entertainment He is best known for his asymmetric typographic compositions and for his experimentation with letterpress printing techniques This remarkable book is the first comprehensive examination of the whole body of works of art and architecture commissioned by Cosimo and his sons She identifies civic patriotism and devotion as the main themes of his oeuvre and argues that religious imperatives may well have been more important than political ones in shaping the art for which he was responsible and its reception