Cellini's Perseus and Medusa and the Loggia dei Lanzi : : configurations of the body of state / / by Christine Corretti.
Benvenuto Cellini’s Perseus and Medusa , one of Renaissance Italy’s most complex sculptures, is the subject of this study, which proposes that the statue’s androgynous appearance is paradoxical. Symbolizing the male ruler overcoming a female adversary, the Perseus legitimizes patriarchal power; but...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill,, 2015. ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Art and Material Culture in Medieval and Renaissance Europe
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 174 pages) :; illustrations. |
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