| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 368 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Series |
Aries book series, 1871-1405 ; volume 29 |
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Aries book series ; v. 29.
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| Contents |
Art and humanism in the Renaissance -- 'Such stuff as dreams are made on' : a brief history of the imagination -- Phantasia through Ficino's lense : focus, refraction and diffusion -- Botticelli's Primavera interpreted -- Ficino's fantasy and Michelangelo's Dream -- Alberti, Bartoli, Comanini : imagination in early-modern art theory -- Ficino and the imagination : conclusion and summary |
| Summary |
"Did the Florentine philosopher Marsilio Ficino (1433-99) influence the art of his time? Art historians have been fiercely debating this question for decades. This book starts with Ficino's views on the imagination as a faculty of the soul, and shows how these ideas were part of a long philosophical tradition and inspired fresh insights. This approach, combined with little known historical material, offers a new understanding of whether, how and why Ficino's Platonic conceptions of the imagination may have been received in the art of the Italian Renaissance. The discussion explores Ficino's possible influence on the work of Botticelli and Michelangelo, and examines the appropriation of Ficino's ideas by early modern art theorists"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Outgrowth of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2008, under the title: Ficino en het voorstellingsvermogen : phantasia en imaginatio in kunst en theorie van de Renaissance |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 06, 2022) |
| Subject |
Ficino, Marsilio, 1433-1499 -- Influence
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| SUBJECT |
Ficino, Marsilio, 1433-1499 fast |
| Subject |
Imagination (Philosophy)
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Art, Renaissance -- Philosophy
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Art, Renaissance -- Philosophy
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Imagination (Philosophy)
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021008252 |
| ISBN |
9004459685 |
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9789004459687 |
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