Bronzino - Renaissance Painter as Poet

List of contents

Introduction; 1. A poetry of transgression: Bronzino's Rime in Burla; 2. The comfort of friends in Bronzino's Canzoniere; 3. The world of art in Bronzino's poems; 4. The poetics of Bronzino's painting.

Summary

This 2000 study focuses on the poetry of Bronzino, the last great painter of the Florentine Renaissance. Deborah Parker argues that Bronzino's poems are considerable literary achievements and demonstrates that they are necessary for a complete understanding of his paintings.

Product details

• Authors: Deborah Parker
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2010
• EAN: 9780521781664
• ISBN: 978-0-521-78166-4
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 559 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies