Animals as disguised symbols in Renaissance art / by Simona Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Simona.

Series:

Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 169.

Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; v. 2.

Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; v. 169. Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animals in art.

Animals--Symbolic aspects--Europe.

Animals.

Art, Renaissance--Themes, motives.

Art, Renaissance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (359 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The relationship between medieval animal symbolism and the iconography of animals in the Renaissance has scarcely been studied. Filling a gap in this significant field of Renaissance culture, in general, and its art, in particular, this book demonstrates the continuity and tenacity of medieval animal interpretations and symbolism, disguised under the veil of genre, religious or mythological narrative and scientific naturalism. An extensive introduction, dealing with relevant medieval and early Renaissance sources, is followed by a series of case studies that illustrate ways in which Renaissance artists revived conventional animal imagery in unprecedented contexts, investing them with new meanings, on a social, political, ethical, religious or psychological level, often by applying exegetical methodology in creating multiple semantic and iconographic levels. Brill's Studies on Art, Art History, and Intellectual History , volume 2

Contents:

Preliminary Material / S. Cohen

Chapter One. Medieval Sources Of Renaissance Animal Symbolism / S. Cohen

Chapter Two. Renaissance Naturalists And Animal Symbolism: Fact And Fantasy / S. Cohen

Chapter Three. Emblematic Literature And Related Sources / S. Cohen

Chapter Four. The Birds And Animals Of Carpaccio’S Miles Christianus / S. Cohen

Chapter Five. The Enigma Of Carpaccios Venetian Ladies / S. Cohen

Chapter Six. Animals In The Paintings Of Titian: A Key To Hidden Meanings / S. Cohen

Chapter Seven. Titian’S London Allegory And The Three Beasts Of His Selva Oscura / S. Cohen

Chapter Eight. Animal Heads And Hybrid Creatures: The Case Of The San Lorenzo Lavabo And Its Sources / S. Cohen

Chapter Nine. Andrea Del Sarto’S Madonna Of The Harpies And The Human-Animal Hybrid In The Renaissance / S. Cohen

Chapter Ten. The Ambivalent Scorpio In Bronzinos London Allegory / S. Cohen

Epilogue / S. Cohen

Select Bibliography / S. Cohen

Index / S. Cohen.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-303) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-40014-2

9786612400148

90-474-2432-8

OCLC:

567563010

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004171015.i-319 DOI