Inventing the Renaissance PuttoThe figure of the putto (often portrayed as a mischievous baby) made frequent appearances in the art and literature of Renaissance Italy. Commonly called spiritelli, or sprites, putti embodied a minor species of demon, in their nature neither good |
Contents
Donatello and the Invention of the Putto | 1 |
Spiritelli dAmore Idle Fancies and Childish Follies | 61 |
Spirits of the Nightmare Botticellis Mars and Venus as a Problem in Grammatical Interpretation | 105 |
Politians Stanze per la Giostra di Giuliano deMedici Julios False Dream | 143 |
The End of the Masquerade | 185 |
NOTES | 229 |
INDEX | 265 |
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Common terms and phrases
Alinari/Art Resource Amor ancient Angelo Poliziano appears armor beautiful Botticelli's Botticelli's Mars canzoni chapter CHILDISH FOLLIES classical costumes Cupid Dante death decoration demons Dempsey derives Donatello dream dress empty engraving eros erotic FANCIES AND CHILDISH feste feste romane Florence Florentine fright Giostra di Giuliano Giovanni glory Greek helmet humanist IDLE FANCIES Ilaria imagery Incubi infant interpretation INVENTION joust Julio lady larva larve Latin Lorenzo de'Medici Lorenzo il Magnifico Lorenzo the Magnificent Luigi Pulci Magnificent Mars and Venus Mars's mascherate mask MASQUERADE Medici Chapel Michelangelo National Gallery Niccolò Nicolas Poussin NIGHTMARE NOTES TO PAGES nymph painted Palazzo Pallas panic terrors panisci Pazzi Conspiracy Petrarch Photograph by James Pietro poem poetic poetry POLITIAN'S STANZE Poliziano Portrayal of Love Primavera putti putto PUTTO FIGURE Quattrocento refers Renaissance Rensselaer Roman Sandro Botticelli sarcophagus sculptured sexual Simonetta sleep spiritelli spiritello d'amore spirits sprites theme tomb Trionfi Trogir vernacular Verrocchio
References to this book
Inventions of the Studio, Renaissance to Romanticism Michael Wayne Cole,Mary Pardo No preview available - 2005 |