Aretino's satyr : sexuality, satire and self-projection in sixteenth-century literature and art /

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Pietro Aretino's literary influence was felt throughout most of Europe during the sixteenth-century, yet English-language criticism of this writer's work and persona has hitherto been sparse. Raymond B. Waddington's study redresses this oversight, drawing together literary and visual...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Waddington, Raymond B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2004.
Series:Toronto Italian studies.
Subjects:
Aretino, Pietro, > 1492-1556 > Criticism and interpretation.
Aretino, Pietro, > 1492-1556 > Critique et interprétation.
Aretino, Pietro, > 1492-1556.
Aretino, Pietro.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Italian.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Ostentatio genitalium: Revaluing Sexuality 3
  • Priapus and the Satyr 11
  • Aretino as Counter-Petrarch 20
  • 2. Aretino and Print Culture 33
  • Printing and Prostitution 34
  • The New Man of Letters 45
  • 3. The Better Image: Portraits in Words, Wood, and Bronze 57
  • Portraits of the Artist as a Middle-Aged Man 61
  • Aretino and Medals 69
  • Leone Leoni 75
  • Alessandro Vittoria 78
  • Adria's Medal 83
  • 4. Satyr and Satirist 91
  • Truth and the Satyr 93
  • Veritas Odium Parit 96
  • Images of Truth 103
  • Phallic Satyrs 109
  • 5. Serious Play: From Satyr to Silenus 117
  • Arcimboldo's Composite Portraits 122
  • The Silenus of Alcibiades 124
  • Satyr Art and Satyric Portraits 132
  • Marsyas 144
  • Epilogue: Titian's The Flaying of Marsyas 153.

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