The portrayal of love : Botticelli's Primavera and humanist culture at the time of Lorenzo the Magnificent / by Charles Dempsey.
Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1992Description: xiv, 173 p., [40] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cmISBN: 0691032076Subject(s): Botticelli, Sandro, 1444 or 5-1510. Spring | Arts, Italian | Arts, Renaissance -- Italy | Love in art | Ut pictura poesis (Aesthetics)LOC classification: NX552.A1 | D46 1992Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Book | Evangelische Theologische Faculteit Leuven Main Library | NX 552.A1 DEMP 1992 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 35670000123181 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Poetry as Painting: The classical materia of Botticelli's invention for the Primavera -- Poetry as public myth: The Primavera and vernacular expression -- Poetry as history: Lucrezia Donati, Luigi Pulci's Da poi che 'l Lauro, and some poems by Lorenzo de'Medici -- Poetry as historical fiction: Lorenzo de'Medici, Simonetta Cattaneo, and Lucrezia Donati -- Reading the poem.