Main entry:

Talvacchia, Bette, 1951-

Title & Author:

Taking positions : on the erotic in Renaissance culture / Bette Talvacchia.

Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1999.

Description:

xiii, 302 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-288) and index.
The historical situation -- The style and material remains of I modi -- I modi and their antique paradigms -- The issue of prints -- Printed in words: the verbal representations of Pietro Aretino -- Terms of Renaissance discourse about the erotic: Onesto and Disonesto -- The retreat of sexual representation into mythology -- Mythology, sexuality, and science in Charles Estienne's Manual of anatomy -- Texts and translations -- I sonetti lussuriosi and translations.
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Summary:

"In the early 1520s, Giulio Romano made sixteen drawings of couples in various sexual positions. Known as I modi (the positions), the drawings were modeled on classical sources and themselves became a model for erotica in early modern Europe ... The book is generously illustrated and includes full translations of the infamous sonnets that Pietro Aretino wrote to accompany I modi"--Back cover.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0691026327 (cl ; alk. paper)
9780691026329 (cl ; alk. paper)
9780691086835 (pbk.)
0691086834 (pbk.)

Subject:

Romano, Giulio, 1499-1546.
Mo, Di Illustrations.
Modi.
Modi Illustrations.
Romain, Jules, (1499?-1546)
Giulio Romano, Künstler.
Erotic prints Italy History 16th century.
Engraving, Italian.
Engraving, Renaissance Italy.
Sex in art.
Erotica history
Engraving and Engravings history
Estampe érotique Italie Histoire 16e siècle.
Gravure italienne.
Gravure de la Renaissance Italie.
Sexualité dans l'art.
Engraving, Renaissance.
Erotic prints.
Erotische Literatur
Illustration
Cultuur.
Grafische kunst.
Erotiek.
Renaissance.
Erotic prints, Italian 16th century.
Engraving, Italian 16th century.
Gravure érotique Italie 16e siècle.
Italy.
Italien

Form/genre:

illustrations (layout features)
Pictures.
Illustrated works.
History.
Images.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 212409
Call No.: NE962.E6 T3 1999
Status: Available