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On the beauty of women /

First published in 1548, On the Beauty of Women purports to record two conversations shared by a young gentleman, Celso, and four ladies of the upper bourgeoisie in the vicinity of Florence. One afternoon Celso and the ladies consider universal beauty. On a subsequent evening, they attempt to fashio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Firenzuola, Agnolo, 1493-1543 (Autor)
Otros Autores: Eisenbichler, Konrad, Murray, Jacqueline
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Italiano
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992.
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Biography
  • Firenzuola's Works
  • The Structure of the Dialogue
  • The Characters of the Dialogue
  • The Courtship Game
  • Intellectual Background to Renaissance Neoplatonism
  • Firenzuola, Neoplatonism, and Art
  • Ideas about the Nature of Women
  • Critical Comments on the Dialogue On the Beauty of Women
  • Translation Criteria
  • Proem
  • First Dialogue
  • Second Dialogue
  • Notes to the Proem
  • Notes to the First Dialogue
  • Notes to the Second Dialogue.