Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-222) and index.
Contents
Place of humor in Renaissance art -- Quattrocento mirth -- Michelangelo's sense of humor -- Facetiae by Raphael and his friends -- Mannerist Bizzarrie -- Lighter side of Cosimo de' Medici's court -- Laughter from the Venetian boudoir -- Grotesque and mock-heroic in North Italy -- Love, laughter, and revelry.
