Making the Renaissance Man - Masculinity in the Courts of Renaissance Italy

An investigation of representations and ideals of manhood in the courts of fifteenth-century Italy.

About the author

Timothy McCall is Professor of Art History at Villanova University, Philadelphia. He is the co-editor of Visual Cultures of Secrecy in Early Modern Europe (2013) and the author of Brilliant Bodies: Fashioning Courtly Men in Early Renaissance Italy (2022).

Summary

An investigation of representations and ideals of manhood in the courts of fifteenth-century Italy.

Product details

• Authors: Timothy McCall
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781789147858
• ISBN: 978-1-78914-785-8
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, History of Art, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Renaissance art, Renaissance style, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance, ART / Movements / Renaissance