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The Understanding of Ornament in the Italian Renaissance.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History SeriesPublisher: Boston : BRILL, 2015Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (708 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004302082
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Understanding of Ornament in the Italian RenaissanceDDC classification:
  • 747.094509/024
LOC classification:
  • NK1505.G84 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1 Ancient Prolegomena -- Chapter 1 Kosmos -- Chapter 2 Rhetoric and Illusion -- Chapter 3 Cosmic Decor -- Part 2 Fragment and Design -- Chapter 4 Architecture and the City -- Chapter 5 Garland and Mosaic in Literary Humanism -- Chapter 6 Topics and Style -- Chapter 7 Ornament and Disegno, Colour and Perspective -- Chapter 8 The City Recovered, Triumph and Time -- Chapter 9 The Emblematic Continuum -- Chapter 10 Spolia and Ornamental Design -- Chapter 11 The Grottesche Part 1. Fragment to Field -- Chapter 12 The Grottesche Part 2. Signs, Topography and the Dream of Painting -- Conclusion -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Index of Names -- Index of Places -- Subject Index.
Summary: In this paradigm changing study of art and thought from antiquity to the Italian Renaissance Clare Lapraik Guest re-evaluates the central role and theoretical dignity of ornament in pre-modern art and literature.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1 Ancient Prolegomena -- Chapter 1 Kosmos -- Chapter 2 Rhetoric and Illusion -- Chapter 3 Cosmic Decor -- Part 2 Fragment and Design -- Chapter 4 Architecture and the City -- Chapter 5 Garland and Mosaic in Literary Humanism -- Chapter 6 Topics and Style -- Chapter 7 Ornament and Disegno, Colour and Perspective -- Chapter 8 The City Recovered, Triumph and Time -- Chapter 9 The Emblematic Continuum -- Chapter 10 Spolia and Ornamental Design -- Chapter 11 The Grottesche Part 1. Fragment to Field -- Chapter 12 The Grottesche Part 2. Signs, Topography and the Dream of Painting -- Conclusion -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Index of Names -- Index of Places -- Subject Index.

In this paradigm changing study of art and thought from antiquity to the Italian Renaissance Clare Lapraik Guest re-evaluates the central role and theoretical dignity of ornament in pre-modern art and literature.

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