The understanding of ornament in the Italian Renaissance / / by Clare Lapraik Guest.
In this paradigm shifting study, developed through close textual readings and sensitive analysis of artworks, Clare Lapraik Guest re-evaluates the central role of ornament in pre-modern art and literature. Moving from art and thought in antiquity to the Italian Renaissance, she examines the understa...
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| Superior document: | Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, Volume 245 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016. ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's studies in intellectual history ;
v. 245. Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; v. 10. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (708 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- 1 Kosmos
- 2 Rhetoric and Illusion
- 3 Cosmic Decor
- 4 Architecture and the City
- 5 Garland and Mosaic in Literary Humanism
- 6 Topics and Style
- 7 Ornament and Disegno, Colour and Perspective
- 8 The City Recovered, Triumph and Time
- 9 The Emblematic Continuum
- 10 Spolia and Ornamental Design
- 11 The Grottesche Part 1. Fragment to Field
- 12 The Grottesche Part 2. Signs, Topography and the Dream of Painting
- Conclusion
- Bibliography of Works Cited
- Index of Names
- Index of Places
- Subject Index.