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Author Corretti, Christine, author.

Title Cellini's Perseus and Medusa and the Loggia dei Lanzi : configurations of the body of state / by Christine Corretti.

Publication Info. Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Art and material culture in Medieval and Renaissance Europe ; volume 4
Art and material culture in Medieval and Renaissance Europe ; v. 4.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The story of Perseus and Medusa, an interpretation of its meaning, and the topos of decapitation -- Cellini's Perseus and Medusa: the paradigm of control -- Renaissance political theory and paradoxes of power -- The goddess as other and same -- The sexual symbolism of the Perseus and Medusa -- The public face of justice -- Classical and grotesque polities -- Eleonora di Toledo and the image of the mother goddess.
Summary Cellini's Perseus and Medusa and the Loggia dei Lanzi: Configurations of the Body of State explores the role that maternal influence played in the formation of Cosimo I de' Medici's absolutist state.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571. Perseus.
Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571.
Criticism and interpretation.
Perseus (Cellini, Benvenuto)
Gorgons (Greek mythology) in art.
Gorgons (Greek mythology) in art.
Art -- Political aspects -- Italy -- Florence.
Art -- Political aspects.
Italy -- Florence.
Florence (Italy) -- Politics and government -- 1421-1737.
Chronological Term 1421-1737
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Corretti, Christine. Cellini's Perseus and Medusa and the Loggia dei Lanzi 9789004292192 (DLC) 2015011594 (OCoLC)907206470
ISBN 9789004296787 (electronic book)
9004296786 (electronic book)
9789004292192
9004292195