Visualizing Boccaccio - Studies on Illustrations of the Decameron, From Giotto to Pasolini

Klappentext A 1997 study of visual and verbal interpretations of Boccaccio's The Decameron. Zusammenfassung Visualizing Boccaccio represents an intriguing 1997 approach to the interpretation of Boccaccio's classic book of erotic tales! The Decameron. In a comparison of selected tales from The Decameron with painting and film! Ricketts demonstrates how the juxtaposition of verbal and visual renditions permits new interpretation of each of these works. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Beastly Gualtieri: another audience for the Tale of Griselda; 2. Illuminating metaphors: the tale of Tancredi, Ghismunda and Guiscardo; 3. Boccaccio, Botticelli and the tale of Nastagio: the subversion of visuality by painting; 4. Imaginative artistry: Giotto, Boccaccio and Pasolini; 5. Living pictures: high art pastiche and the cruising gaze in Pasolini's Decameron.

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• Autori: Jill M. Ricketts, Ricketts Jill M.
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 03.03.2011
• EAN: 9780521174541
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17454-1
• Pagine: 226
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in New Art H; Cambridge Studies in New Art History and Criticism; Cambridge Studies in New Art History and Criticism
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Storia dell'arte; ART / General, History of Art, History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600, 15th century, c 1400 to c 1499, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599