Engaging symbols : gender, politics, and public art in fifteenth-century Florence / Adrian W.B. Randolph.

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Randolph, Adrian W. B., 1965-

Title & Author:

Engaging symbols : gender, politics, and public art in fifteenth-century Florence / Adrian W.B. Randolph.

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Description:

x, 381 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-374) and index.
Common wealth: Donatello's Ninfa fiorentina -- Florentia figurata -- Engaging symbols: legitimacy, consent, and the Medici diamond ring -- Homosocial desire and Donatello's bronze David -- Spectacular allegory: Botticelli's "Pallas medicea" and the joust of 1475 -- "O puella furax": Donatello's Judith and Holofernes and the politics of misprision.

Summary:

"During the fifteenth century, Florence emerged as one of Europe's most important city-states. This book investigates the intersection of art, politics, and gender in the public sphere of Florence at this time. Adrian W.B. Randolph identifies a pivotal moment in the history of public art when Florentines visually encoded political and social relations within gendered categories. Randolph shows how "engaging" political symbols were grounded in a revolutionary way in amorous discourses that drew on metaphors of affection, desire, courtship, betrothal, marriage, homo- and hetero-eroticism, and procreation."--Jacket.

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Table of contents

ISBN:

0300092121
9780300092127

Subject:

Bencivenni Medici Familie
Medici Familie.
Art, Italian Italy Florence 15th century.
Gender identity in art.
Art italien Italie Florence 15e siècle.
Identité de genre dans l'art.
Art, Italian.
Politisches Symbol
Geschlechterforschung
Kunstpolitik
Kunst
Beeldende kunsten.
Sekserol.
Politieke aspecten.
Italy Florence.
Florenz

Holdings:

Location: Library main 223133
Call No.: N6921.F7.R32 2002
Status: Available

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