New Apelleses and New Apollos: Poet-Artists around the Court of Florence (1537–1587)

Diletta Gamberini

Published by De Gruyter 2022

New Apelleses and New Apollos

Poet-Artists around the Court of Florence (1537–1587)

Diletta Gamberini

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110743661

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About this book

This book breaks new ground by illuminating the key role of verse-writing as a cultural strategy on the part of Italian Renaissance artists. It does so by undertaking a wide-ranging study of poems by painters, sculptors, architects, and goldsmiths who were active in Florence under Cosimo I and Francesco I de’ Medici　– a　milieu in which many practitioners of the visual arts　appropriated the literary medium to address issues related to their primary professions.

New Apelleses, and New Apollos　intervenes in the burgeoning scholarly discourse on the intellectual life of artists in early　modern Italy, revealing how poetry often provides fresh insights into　art-theoretical debates, patronage questions, workshop cultures, issues of professional　identity, and networks of personal relations.

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Diletta Gamberini, Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Munich.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	6
Preface and Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Introduction: The Artist as a Poet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Looking at Michelangelo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
A Literato’s Recognition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Between Praise and Vituperation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
The Problem of Patronage Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Appendix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
Plates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
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Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: art historians, scholars in cultural and literary studies
Pages
- Main content: 296
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 21
- Coloured Illustrations: 7
Keywords: poetry; patronage/arts; Italy; Florence

eBook

Published: January 19, 2022
ISBN: 9783110743661

Hardcover

Published: January 31, 2022
ISBN: 9783110743555