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HOLLOW MEN
HOLLOW MEN
Subtitle:
Writing, Objects, and Public Image in Renaissance Italy
Book Category:
Literary Collections > General
Author:
Gaylard, Susan
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN 13:
9780823251919
Price:
USD 26.00
Publication Year:
2013

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Kathleen O'Brien-Nicholson,

Fordham University Press,
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USA
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Analyzes texts and art objects from the 15th to the late 16th centuries to show that Renaissance theories of emulating classical heroes generated a deep skepticism about representation, as these theories forced men to construct a public image that seemed fixed but could adapt to changing circumstances.

 

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"Gaylard undertakes a richly detailed, fascinating inquiry into the ways in which early modern theories of imitation (rhetorical and corporeal) intersect with practices of representation used by contemporaries to convey verbal and visual images of exemplary individuals, especially notable figures from the classical past, to quattrocento and cinquecento audiences."--Choice

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