The Poetics of Portraiture in the Italian Renaissance - Couverture rigide

Cranston, Jodi

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 052165324X ISBN 13 : 9780521653244

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Demonstrates how sixteenth-century portraits extend contemporary efforts to perceive painting as a kind of poetry.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Focusing on paintings by Giorgione, Titian, Parmigianino, and Raphael, Jodi Cranston explores the significance of the formal inventions that address the presence of the beholder, particularly the introduction of a range of poses and self-reflexive gestures, and how such a visual dialogue with the beholder encourages the viewer to perceive the portrait as open and responsive, rather than as a fixed commemoration of the past. Cranston also analyzes the term 'portrait' as it is used in contemporary literature, which describes a resemblance of minds and affections between the sitter and the viewer derived from encounters, such as speaker and listener, lover and beloved, and self and other. Bringing together a wide range of literary and visual sources and applying methods derived from literary theory and structural analysis, this study demonstrates how sixteenth-century portraits extend contemporary efforts to perceive and receive painting as a kind of poetry.

Revue de presse

"Cranston's book is beautifully illustrated, provocative, and courageous in its methodology, and illuminating in its analysis." Sixteenth Century Journal

"An ambitious book...It constitutes a novel contribution to the history of Renaissance portraiture." CAA Reviews

"Thoughtful reading and intense engagement...The book is also valuable for its rich bibliography of the literature on Renaissance portraiture." Renaissance Quarterly

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 052165324X
• ISBN 13: 9780521653244
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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