Transformations of time and temporality in Medieval and Renaissance art /

Transformations of time and temporality in Medieval and Renaissance art / / by Simona Cohen ; Giulio Romano, cover illustration.

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Although studies of specific time concepts, expressed in Renaissance philosophy and literature, have not been lacking, few art-historians have endeavored to meet the challenge in the visual arts. This book presents a multifaceted picture of the dynamic concepts of time and temporality in medieval an...

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Superior document:Brill's Studies on Art, Art History, and Intellectual History ; Volume 6
VerfasserIn:
Cohen, Simona,
TeilnehmendeR:
Romano, Giulio,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 228.
Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; v. 6.
Physical Description:1 online resource (392 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Color Plates
  • Introduction
  • 1. Concepts of Time in Classical Philosophy
  • 2. Classical Personifications of Time
  • 3. Early Christian and Medieval Concepts of Time
  • 4. Time and Temporality in Medieval Art
  • 5. The Romanesque Zodiac: Its Symbolic Function on the Church Facade
  • 6. The Renaissance Personification of Time in Illustrations to Petrarch’s Trionfo del Tempo
  • 7. Time, Virtuousness and Wisdom in Giorgione’s Castelfranco Fresco
  • 8. Kairos/Occasio—Vicissitudes of Propitious Time from Antiquity to the Renaissance
  • 9. Veritas filia temporis: Time in Cinquecento Propaganda
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix I: Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts of Petrarch’s Trionfi Located in European and American Collections
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index.

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