Ficino and fantasy : : imagination in Renaissance art and theory from Botticelli to Michelangelo / / by Marieke J.E. van den Doel.
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 philosoph...
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| Superior document: | Aries book series ; Volume 29 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Aries book series ;
Volume 29. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (390 pages) |
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| 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. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004459685 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Marieke J.E. van den Doel. |