Research Catalog

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Description

1. x, 372 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

1. "Analyzes texts and art objects from the 15th to the late 16th centuries to show that Renaissance theories of emulating classical heroes generated a deep skepticism about representation, as these theories forced men to construct a public image that seemed fixed but could adapt to changing circumstances"--

Uniform title

1. Project Muse UPCC books.

Subject

1. To 1700
2. Renässansen
3. Före 1500
4. Italian literature > To 1400 > History and criticism
5. Italian literature > 15th century > History and criticism
6. Italian language > Early modern, 1500-1700
7. Art, Renaissance > Italy > History
8. Masculinity in literature
9. Masculinity in art
10. Renaissance > Italy
11. LITERARY CRITICISM / General

Genre/Form

1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
2. History

Contents

1. I. Monuments, imitation, and the noble ideal in early Renaissance Italy. Introduction : reinventing nobility? : artifacts and the monumental pose from Petrarch to Platina ; How to perform like a statue : Ghirlandaio, Pontano, and exemplarity ; From castrated statues to empty colossi : emasculation vs. monumentality in Bembo, Castiglione, and the Sala Paolina -- II. Print monuments, exposure, and strategies of concealment. Banishing the hollow man : print, clothing and Aretino's Emblems of truth ; Heroes with damp brains? : image vs. text in printed portrait-books ; Silenus strategies : the failure of personal emblems -- Afterword.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain