Bronzino: Renaissance Painter as Poet

ISBN-13: 9780521781664 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 248 str.

Deborah Parker

Opis

Bronzino's stature as one of the great painters of the Florentine Renaissance has long been recognized. By contrast, his literary achievements as a poet have been neglected. This is the first modern study to focus on the poetry of Bronzino. Seeking to clarify the meaning of Bronzino's poems, Deborah Parker argues that they are considerable literary achievements. Importantly, she demonstrates that our understanding of Bronzino's paintings is incomplete without careful attention to his poetry.

Click to view Deborah Parkers lecture on Bronzino at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Recenzje

Review of the hardback: '… [Parker] has produced an eminently readable and much-welcomed volume that is meticulously researched, and that contains some beautifully translated passages of Bronzino's poetry. It will undoubtedly be of great value to anyone working on the interaction between literature and fine art in the early modern period, as well as to specialists with a particular interest in 'this most canny, self-conscious, and allusive of artist-poets'.' Annali d'Italianistica

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. A poetry of transgression: Bronzino's Rime in Burla; 2. The comfort of friends in Bronzino's Canzoniere; 3. The world of art in Bronzino's poems; 4. The poetics of Bronzino's painting.