| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (x, 372 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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 -- 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. |
| Summary |
This book 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. -- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Italian literature -- To 1400 -- History and criticism.
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Italian literature. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1400 |
| Subject |
Italian literature -- 15th century -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
15th century |
| Subject |
Italian language -- Early modern, 1500-1700.
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Art, Renaissance -- Italy -- History.
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Art, Renaissance. |
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Italy. |
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Masculinity in literature.
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History. |
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Masculinity in art.
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Masculinity in art. |
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Renaissance -- Italy.
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Renaissance. |
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Masculinity in literature. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Italian. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1700 |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gaylard, Susan. Hollow men. 1st ed. New York : Fordham University Press, 2013 (DLC) 2012049723 |
| ISBN |
9780823252855 (ebook) |
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082325285X (ebook) |
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0823251748 (hardback) |
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9780823251742 (hardback) |
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0823251918 (paper) |
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9780823251919 (paper) |
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9780823252183 |
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0823252183 |
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9780823251759 (electronic book) |
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0823251756 |
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9780823251742 (hardback) |
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9780823251919 (paper) |
| Standard No. |
40022472339 |
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