Animals as disguised symbols in Renaissance art / / by Simona Cohen.

• Superior document: Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 169. Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; v. 2
• Author: Cohen, Simona.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 169.; Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; v. 2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (359 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The relationship between medieval animal symbolism and the iconography of animals in the Renaissance has scarcely been studied. Filling a gap in this significant field of Renaissance culture, in general, and its art, in particular, this book demonstrates the continuity and tenacity of medieval anima...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material / S. Cohen
• Chapter One. Medieval Sources Of Renaissance Animal Symbolism / S. Cohen
• Chapter Two. Renaissance Naturalists And Animal Symbolism: Fact And Fantasy / S. Cohen
• Chapter Three. Emblematic Literature And Related Sources / S. Cohen
• Chapter Four. The Birds And Animals Of Carpaccio’S Miles Christianus / S. Cohen
• Chapter Five. The Enigma Of Carpaccios Venetian Ladies / S. Cohen
• Chapter Six. Animals In The Paintings Of Titian: A Key To Hidden Meanings / S. Cohen
• Chapter Seven. Titian’S London Allegory And The Three Beasts Of His Selva Oscura / S. Cohen
• Chapter Eight. Animal Heads And Hybrid Creatures: The Case Of The San Lorenzo Lavabo And Its Sources / S. Cohen
• Chapter Nine. Andrea Del Sarto’S Madonna Of The Harpies And The Human-Animal Hybrid In The Renaissance / S. Cohen
• Chapter Ten. The Ambivalent Scorpio In Bronzinos London Allegory / S. Cohen
• Epilogue / S. Cohen
• Select Bibliography / S. Cohen
• Index / S. Cohen.