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Cellini's Perseus and Medusa and the Loggia Dei Lanzi - Configurations of the Body of State

English · Hardback

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Benvenuto Cellini's Perseus and Medusa, one of Renaissance Italy's most complex sculptures, is the subject of this study, which proposes that the statue's androgynous appearance is paradoxical. Symbolizing the male ruler overcoming a female adversary, the Perseus legitimizes patriarchal power; but the physical similarity between Cellini's characters suggests the hero rose through female agency. Dr. Corretti argues that although not a surrogate for powerful Medici women, Cellini's Medusa may have reminded viewers that Cosimo I de' Medici's power stemmed in part from maternal influence. Drawing upon a vast body of art and literature, Dr. Corretti concludes that Cellini and his contemporaries knew the Gorgon as a version of the Earth Mother, whose image is found in art for Medici women.

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Christine Corretti, Ph.D. (2011) is a specialist of early modern Italian art and author of a variety of books and articles, including Cellini's Perseus and Medusa and the Loggia dei Lanzi: Configurations of the Body of State (Brill, 2015).

Product details

Authors Christine Corretti
Publisher Brill
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 22.05.2015
 
EAN 9789004292192
ISBN 978-90-04-29219-2
No. of pages 192
Dimensions 159 mm x 241 mm x 17 mm
Weight 431 g
Series Art and Material Culture in Me
Subject Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918

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