Cellini's Perseus and Medusa and the Loggia dei Lanzi : configurations of the body of state /

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Cellini's Perseus and Medusa and the Loggia dei Lanzi: Configurations of the Body of State explores the role that maternal influence played in the formation of Cosimo I de' Medici's absolutist state.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Corretti, Christine (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, [2015]
Series:Art and material culture in Medieval and Renaissance Europe ; v. 4.
Subjects:
Cellini, Benvenuto, > 1500-1571. > Perseus.
Cellini, Benvenuto, > 1500-1571 > Criticism and interpretation.
Cellini, Benvenuto, > 1500-1571
Perseus (Cellini, Benvenuto)
1421-1737
Gorgons (Greek mythology) in art.
Art > Political aspects > Italy > Florence.
Art > Aspect politique > Italie > Florence.
ART > Sculpture & Installation.
Art > Political aspects
Gorgons (Greek mythology) in art
Politics and government
Florence (Italy) > Politics and government > 1421-1737.
Florence (Italie) > Administration > 1421-1737.
Italy > Florence
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The story of Perseus and Medusa, an interpretation of its meaning, and the topos of decapitation
  • Cellini's Perseus and Medusa: the paradigm of control
  • Renaissance political theory and paradoxes of power
  • The goddess as other and same
  • The sexual symbolism of the Perseus and Medusa
  • The public face of justice
  • Classical and grotesque polities
  • Eleonora di Toledo and the image of the mother goddess.

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