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Battle of Love and Chastity

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Description: Battle of Love and Chastity
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Description: Ovid and the Metamorphoses of Modern Art from Botticelli to Picasso
Before proceeding to an appreciation of Correggio’s painting, let us recall that the picture was part of a suite of four paintings of the “Loves of Jupiter” made for the Duke of Mantua. The others are Leda and the Swan (Berlin), Danae (Rome), and the Rape of Ganymede (Vienna)...
PublisherYale University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.47-79
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00090.005
Description: The Intellectual Life of the Early Renaissance Artist
Much of Cennino Cennini’s Craftsman’s Handbook reflects the recipe-book mentality of the late medieval artisan painter. Nevertheless, Cennino already articulated an awareness of the painter’s inventive powers, believing that he was entitled to some licence in his interpretation of his subjects. The word invenzione (invention) does not find a place in Cennino’s vocabulary, but he recognised the role of the imagination – fantasia – in artistic production. It is the exercise of …
PublisherYale University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.177-187
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00147.010

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