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1 online resource (469 pages). |
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Cultures, Beliefs and Traditions: Medieval and Early Modern Peoples ; v. 19
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Cultures, Beliefs and Traditions: Medieval and Early Modern Peoples.
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Summary |
Turning a skeptical eye on the idea that Renaissance artists were widely believed to be as utterly admirable as Vasari claimed, this book re-opens the question of why artists were praised and by whom, and specifically why the language of divinity was invoked, a practice the ancients did not license. The epithet ''divino'' is examined in the context of claims to liberal arts status and to analogy with poets, musicians, and other ''uomini famossi.'' The reputations of Michelangelo and Brunelleschi are compared not only with each other but with those of Dante and Ariosto, of Aretino and of t. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Emison, P. Creating the ""Divine"" Artist: From Dante to Michelangelo. Cultures, Belifes and Traditions. Medieval and Early Modern Peoples, Volume 19. Leiden : BRILL, ©2004 9789004137097 |
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9789004137097 |
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9004137092 |
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