New Apelleses, and New Apollos : poet-artists around the court of Florence (1537-1587) / Diletta Gamberini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gamberini, Diletta, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Italian--16th century.

Art, Italian.

Artists--History.

Artists.

Italy.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2022]

Language Note:

Text in English; includes some Italian.

Summary:

Der Band beleuchtet erstmals die zentrale Rolle des Verseschreibens als kulturelle Strategie von italienischen Renaissancekünstlern. Die Autorin unterzieht Gedichte von Malern, Bildhauern, Architekten und Goldschmieden, die in Florenz unter Cosimo I. und Francesco I. de' Medici tätig waren, einer umfassenden Analyse. Am Hof der Medici waren viele Künstler auch literarisch aktiv und eigneten sich das Medium der Dichtkunst an, um darin Themen zu behandeln, die mit dem Kunstschaffen zu tun hatten. Die Studie leistet einen wichtigen Beitrag zum wissenschaftlichen Diskurs über den frühneuzeitlichen doctus artifex, der in einer Vielzahl von intellektuellen Aktivitäten bewandert war. Gleichzeitig stellt sie die traditionelle Marginalisierung der Poesie gegenüber der Prosa-Schriften der Künstler infrage.

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Artist as a Poet

Looking at Michelangelo

A Literato’s Recognition

Between Praise and Vituperation

The Problem of Patronage

Appendix

Bibliography

Plates

Credits

Index of Names

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Gamberini, Diletta New Apelleses and New Apollos

ISBN:

3-11-074366-3

OCLC:

1290486012