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This cluster of papers explores the cultural, intellectual, and political landscape of Renaissance Florence, encompassing topics such as humanism, Florentine politics, art and architecture, civic humanism, Neoplatonism, and literature. It delves into the works of prominent figures like Machiavelli and Ficino, while also examining the roles of women and men in Renaissance Venice.

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Renaissance Florence; Italian Renaissance; Machiavelli; Humanism; Florentine Politics; Art and Architecture; Civic Humanism; Venice; Neoplatonism; Literature

Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio

1983-01-01

Niccolò Machiavelli , Gennaro Sasso , Giorgio Inglese

Fonte: primaria Opera di Luigi Firpo: No Cognome: Machiavelli Nome: Niccolo Citta: Roma Anno: 1531 The electronic edition of the text was prepared by Biblioteca Italiana [1]. Hypermachiavellism is a … Fonte: primaria Opera di Luigi Firpo: No Cognome: Machiavelli Nome: Niccolo Citta: Roma Anno: 1531 The electronic edition of the text was prepared by Biblioteca Italiana [1]. Hypermachiavellism is a member of the Biblioteca Italiana (Centro Interuniversitario Biblioteca Italiana Digitale) as representative of the University of Turin. The printed source edition is the following. Title: Tutte le opere Author: Machiavelli, Niccolo Editor: Martelli, Mario Edition: Firenze : Sansoni, [1971] SBN: IT\ICCU\SBL\0429856 Risorsa xml: Machiavelli_N_Discorsi [2]

The Subject of Tragedy: Identity and Difference in Renaissance Drama

1987-01-01

Dorothea Kehler , Catherine Belsey

...Although (Belsey) uses the specialised vocabulary of modern critical theory, she writes with a clarity and zest which can carry along even an uninitiated reader.' - THES. ...Although (Belsey) uses the specialised vocabulary of modern critical theory, she writes with a clarity and zest which can carry along even an uninitiated reader.' - THES.

Machiavelli and Republicanism

1991-01-10

Gisela Bock , Nicolai Rubinstein , Elena Fasano Guarini +7 more

Now in paperback, this highly acclaimed volume brings together some of the world's foremost historians of ideas to consider Machiavelli's political thought in the larger context of the European republican … Now in paperback, this highly acclaimed volume brings together some of the world's foremost historians of ideas to consider Machiavelli's political thought in the larger context of the European republican tradition, and the image of Machiavelli held by other republicans. An international team of scholars from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds (notably law, philosophy, history and the history of political thought) explore both the immediate Florentine context in which Machiavelli wrote, and the republican legacy to which he contributed.

From Shakespeare to Simon: Speculations-and Some Evidence- About Man's Ability to Process Information

1972-01-01

Paul Slovic

Recent experimental evidence is marshalled in support of the position that man's limited memory, attention, and reasoning capabilities lead him to apply simple strain-reducing cognitive strategies for processing information when … Recent experimental evidence is marshalled in support of the position that man's limited memory, attention, and reasoning capabilities lead him to apply simple strain-reducing cognitive strategies for processing information when making judgments and decisions.These strategies portray decision processes in a manner quite different from traditional normative and descriptive models.In some situations, these strategies may produce good decisions; in others, they may lead to serious mistakes.Relevance of these findings for important "real-world" (i.e., non-laboratory) decisions is discussed."What a piece of work is man.How noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel.In apprehension how like a god.The beauty of the world, the paragon of animals.

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De nugis curialium = Courtiers' trifles

1994-01-01

Walter Map , M. R. James , C. N. L. Brooke +1 more

Edited with a facing-page English translation from the Latin text by: Brooke, C. N. L.; Unknown function: Mynors, R. A. B. Edited with a facing-page English translation from the Latin text by: Brooke, C. N. L.; Unknown function: Mynors, R. A. B.

The Renaissance Philosophy of Man

1949-12-01

Ernest H. Wilkins , Valla Petrarca , Pico Ficino +7 more

Despite our admiration for Renaissance achievement in the arts and sciences, in literature and classical learning, the rich and diversified philosophical thought of the period remains largely unknown. This volume … Despite our admiration for Renaissance achievement in the arts and sciences, in literature and classical learning, the rich and diversified philosophical thought of the period remains largely unknown. This volume illuminates three major currents of thought dominant in the earlier Italian Renaissance: classical humanism (Petrarch and Valla), Platonism (Ficino and Pico), and Aristotelianism (Pomponazzi). A short and elegant work of the Spaniard Vives is included to exhibit the diffusion of the ideas of humanism and Platonism outside Italy. Now made easily accessible, these texts recover for the English reader a significant facet of Renaissance learning.

Giotto and the Orators: Humanist Observers of Painting in Italy and the Discovery of Pictorial Composition 1350-1450

1973-03-01

Myron P. Gilmore , Michael Baxandall

`This handsomely illustrated book is an original attempt to make clear how much the art of the orators and the painters in the Renaissance had in common ... Extremely important … `This handsomely illustrated book is an original attempt to make clear how much the art of the orators and the painters in the Renaissance had in common ... Extremely important for the history of art.' Neo-Latin News

Studies in Machiavellianism

1970-01-01

Richard Christie , Florence L. Geis , David M. Berger

The World of Aldus Manutius: Business and Scholarship in Renaissance Venice

1980-10-01

William J. Bouwsma , Martin Lowry

The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci

1986-04-01

David E. Mungello , Jonathan D. Spence

AcknowledgementsMatteo Ricci: A ChronologyBuilding the PalaceThe First Image: The WarriorsThe First Picture: The Apostle in the WavesThe Second Image: The HuihiuThe Second Picture: The Road to EmmausThe Third Image: Profit … AcknowledgementsMatteo Ricci: A ChronologyBuilding the PalaceThe First Image: The WarriorsThe First Picture: The Apostle in the WavesThe Second Image: The HuihiuThe Second Picture: The Road to EmmausThe Third Image: Profit and HarvestThe Third Picture: The Men of SodomThe Fourth Image: The Fourth PictureInside the PalaceAbbreviationsNotesBibliographyIndex

Machiavelli and the Renaissance

1959-07-01

Félix Gilbert , Federico Chabod , David Moore

Renaissance Humanism: The Pursuit of Eloquence

1963-10-01

Hanna Holborn Gray

Versions of Imitation in the Renaissance

1980-01-01

G. W. Pigman

From Petrarch's sonnets to Milton's epics a major characteristic of Renaissance literature is the imitation of earlier texts, and the Renaissance contains a vast and perplexing array of writings on … From Petrarch's sonnets to Milton's epics a major characteristic of Renaissance literature is the imitation of earlier texts, and the Renaissance contains a vast and perplexing array of writings on the theory and practice of imitation. Although these writings often exhaust themselves in vindictive and ferocious ad hominem polemics—one need only recall Julius Caesar Scaliger's Orationes against Erasmus—and dwell at length on what now appears to many a sterile and fruitless debate over whether or not Cicero should be the only model for Latin prose, these treatises on imitation can offer considerable guidance for the interpretation of Renaissance literature. The theories of imitation help structure one's expectations as to the types of relations between text and model which one is likely to find, although they also amount to a strong warning against the difficulties of discovering and analyzing these relations.

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The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Humanism

1996-02-23

Jill Kraye , Nicholas H. Mann , M. D. Reeve +7 more

From the fourteenth to the seventeenth century, humanism played a key role in European culture. Beginning as a movement based on the recovery, interpretation and imitation of ancient Greek and … From the fourteenth to the seventeenth century, humanism played a key role in European culture. Beginning as a movement based on the recovery, interpretation and imitation of ancient Greek and Roman texts and the archaeological study of the physical remains of antiquity, humanism turned into a dynamic cultural programme, influencing almost every facet of Renaissance intellectual life. The fourteen essays in this 1996 volume deal with all aspects of the movement, from language learning to the development of science, from the effect of humanism on biblical study to its influence on art, from its Italian origins to its manifestations in the literature of More, Sidney and Shakespeare. A detailed biographical index, and a guide to further reading, are provided. Overall, The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Humanism provides a comprehensive introduction to a major movement in the culture of early modern Europe.

Women, Family, and Ritual in Renaissance Italy

1986-01-01

Richard C. Trexler , Christiane Klapisch‐Zuber , Lydia G. Cochrane

Christiane Klapisch-Zuber, a brilliant historian of the Annales school, skillfully uncovers the lives of ordinary Italians of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, Tuscans in particular, young and old, rich, middle-class, … Christiane Klapisch-Zuber, a brilliant historian of the Annales school, skillfully uncovers the lives of ordinary Italians of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, Tuscans in particular, young and old, rich, middle-class, and poor. From the extraordinarily detailed records kept by Florentine tax collectors and the equally precise ricordanze (household accounts with notations of events great and small), Klapisch-Zuber draws a living picture of the Tuscan household. We learn, for example, how children were named, how wet nurses were engaged, how marriages were negotiated and celebrated. A wealth of other sources are tapped including city statutes, private letters, philosophical works on marriage, paintings to determine the social status of women. Klapisch-Zuber reveals how women, in their roles as daughters, wives, sisters, and mothers, were largely subject to a family system that needed them but valued them little.

Renaissance Concepts of Method

1960-12-31

Neal W. Gilbert

The Origins of the Platonic Academy of Florence

1988-12-31

Arthur Field

Founded by Cosimo de' Medici in the early 1460s, the Platonic Academy shaped the literary and artistic culture of Florence in the later Renaissance and influenced science, religion, art, and … Founded by Cosimo de' Medici in the early 1460s, the Platonic Academy shaped the literary and artistic culture of Florence in the later Renaissance and influenced science, religion, art, and literature throughout Europe in the early modern period. This major study of the Academy's beginnings presents a fresh view of the intellectual and cultural life of Florence from the Peace of Lodi of 1454 to the death of Cosimo a decade later. Challenging commonly held assumptions about the period, Arthur Field insists that the Academy was not a hothouse plant, grown and kept alive by the Medici in the splendid isolation of their villas and courts. Rather, Florentine intellectuals seized on the Platonic truths and propagated them in the heart of Florence, creating for the Medici and other Florentines a new ideology. Based largely on new or neglected manuscript sources, this book includes discussions of the earliest works by the head of the Academy, Marsilio Ficino, and the first public, Platonizing lectures of the humanist and poet Cristoforo Landino. The author also examines the contributions both of religious orders and of the Byzantines to the Neoplatonic revival. Originally published in 1988. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Eight Philosophers of the Italian Renaissance

1965-07-01

Marvin B. Becker , Paul Oskar Kristeller

Italian Renaissance thought has been gaining ever-increasing recognition as seminal to the thought of the whole Renaissance period, affecting in many subtle ways the development and understanding of artistic, literary, … Italian Renaissance thought has been gaining ever-increasing recognition as seminal to the thought of the whole Renaissance period, affecting in many subtle ways the development and understanding of artistic, literary, scientific, and religious movements. The importance, then, of this detailed and careful survey of Italy's leading Renaissance philosophers and the intricate philosophical problems of the time can scarcely be exaggerated. Based upon the 1961 Arensberg Lectures, given at Stanford University, this collection of essays offers a genuinely unified interpretation of Italian Renaissance thought by describing and evaluating the philosophies of eight pivotal figures: Petrarch, Valla, Ficino, Pico, Pomponazzi, Telesio, Patrizi, and Bruno. The essays not only discuss the life, writings, and main ideas of these eight thinkers, but also establish through a connective text, the place each of them occupies in the general intellectual development of the Italian Renaissance.

Medieval “Ars Dictaminis” and the Beginnings of Humanism: a New Construction of the Problem*

1982-01-01

Ronald G. Witt

In the almost forty years since he first enunciated his thesis, Paul O. Kristeller's view that the Italian humanists were essentially rhetoricians has found wide acceptance. His analysis of the … In the almost forty years since he first enunciated his thesis, Paul O. Kristeller's view that the Italian humanists were essentially rhetoricians has found wide acceptance. His analysis of the humanist movement, however, indicates that he includes among the humanists' interests the four other disciplines comprising, along with rhetoric, the studia humanitatis: grammar, poetry, history, and moral philosophy. His decision to characterize the humanists as rhetoricians rather than as grammarians, poets, historians, or moral philosophers derives from his interpretation of the professional role played by the humanists in their society. For Kristeller the humanists performed the same professional functions in their world as the medieval dictatores did in theirs. Both groups were primarily teachers of rhetoric and chancery officials, and both devoted a substantial portion of their creative efforts to composing in two literary genres, the epistle and the oration.

Openness, Secrecy, Authorship: Technical Arts and the Culture of Knowledge from Antiquity to the Renaissance

2002-01-01

Elmer L. Clark

Renaissance Self-Fashioning from More to Shakespeare

1981-12-01

Jonathan Goldberg , Stephen Greenblatt

The Machiavellian Moment: Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Republican Tradition. By J. G. A. Pocock. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1975. Pp. 602. $22.50, cloth; $11.50, paper.)

1977-09-01

Harvey C. Mansfield

The Machiavellian Moment: Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Republican Tradition. By J. G. A. Pocock. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1975. Pp. 602. 11.50, paper.) - Volume 71 Issue … The Machiavellian Moment: Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Republican Tradition. By J. G. A. Pocock. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1975. Pp. 602. 11.50, paper.) - Volume 71 Issue 3

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In our Image and Likeness: Humanity and Divinity in Italian Humanist Thought

1969-12-31

Charles Trinkaus , Elio Gianturco

The most impressive aspect of Professor Trinkaus' work is the dexterity and the keenly in- telligent sagacity with which a tremendous mass of material has been interpreted with great insight, … The most impressive aspect of Professor Trinkaus' work is the dexterity and the keenly in- telligent sagacity with which a tremendous mass of material has been interpreted with great insight, controlled, and co-ordinated in an extremely logical conspectus within a conveniently graspable, though complexly ramified, conceptual frame.The next feature which stands out (and even a fugitive glance at the bibliography, at the apparatus of footnotes and references, will bring the matter home to the reader) is the rare pertinacity with which the author has coped with his back-breaking assignment, over a period of several years, in direct, first-hand contact with a bewildering multiplicity of humanistic documents, geographically scattered in the major and minor libraries of Europe (see the Index of the manuscripts consulted, II, 913-916.This Index constitutes a sort of iter bumanisticum of preeminent usefulness to present and future scholars).A third feature of the volumes under review is the fidélité à soi-même, the allegiance to intellectual "form," which the volumes reveal when set side by side with cognate previous productions of Professor Trinkaus.I am referring to his Adversity's Noblemen and to A Humanist's Image of Humanism, books in which the ethical and religious aspects of the humanistic movement occupy, as they do in the present two volumes, an orientational and predominant position.The two keys to the nature and purpose of this opus are to be found in the Foreword to vol.I, and in the last chapter of vol.II, which bears the title "Unity and Plurality in the Hu- manist Visions of Man and God -an Appraisal."Essentially, Charles Trinkaus has written a history of Christian Humanism in terms of its central metaphor, i.e., the deiformitas, the dignity of Man (and in terms of its obverse).Trinkaus is principally concerned with the ethical, religious, theological, philosophical aspects of his theme.And while this concern brings his work into proximity with

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The Machiavellian Moment. Florentine Political Thought and Atlantic Republican Tradition.

1977-10-01

J. H. Hexter , J. G. A. Pocock

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Deeper than reason: emotion and its role in literature, music, and art

2006-01-01

I. WHAT ARE EMOTIONS AND HOW DO THEY OPERATE? II. EMOTION IN LITERATURE III. EXPRESSING EMOTIONS IN THE ARTS IV. MUSIC AND THE EMOTIONS I. WHAT ARE EMOTIONS AND HOW DO THEY OPERATE? II. EMOTION IN LITERATURE III. EXPRESSING EMOTIONS IN THE ARTS IV. MUSIC AND THE EMOTIONS

Rhetoric and Philosophy in Renaissance Humanism

1968-12-31

Jerrold Seigel

The combination of rhetoric and philosophy appeared in the ancient world through Cicero, and revived as an ideal in the Renaissance. By a careful and precise analysis of the views … The combination of rhetoric and philosophy appeared in the ancient world through Cicero, and revived as an ideal in the Renaissance. By a careful and precise analysis of the views of four major humanists-Petrarch, Salutati, Bruni, and Valla—Professor Seigel seeks to establish that they were first of all professional rhetoricians, completely committed to the relation between philosophy and rhetoric. He then explores the broader problem of the "external history" of humanism, and reopens basic questions about Renaissance culture. He departs from the views held by such scholars as Hans Baron and Lauro Martines and expands the conclusions suggested by Paul Oskar Kristeller. The result is a stimulating, controversial study that rejects some of the claims made for the humanists and indicates achievements and limitations. Originally published in 1968. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Crisis of the Early Italian Renaissance

1966-12-31

Hans Baron

Hans Baron was one of the many great German émigré scholars whose work Princeton brought into the Anglo-American world. His Crisis of the Early Italian Renaissance has provoked more discussion … Hans Baron was one of the many great German émigré scholars whose work Princeton brought into the Anglo-American world. His Crisis of the Early Italian Renaissance has provoked more discussion and inspired more research than any other twentieth-century study of the Italian Renaissance. Baron's book was the first historical synthesis of politics and humanism at that momentous critical juncture when Italy passed from medievalism to the thought of the Renaissance. Baron, unlike his peers, married culture and politics; he contended that to truly understand the Renaissance one must understand the rise of humanism within the political context of the day. This marked a significant departure for the field and one that changed the direction of Renaissance studies. Moreover, Baron's book was one of the first major attempts of any sort to ground intellectual history in a fully realized historical context and thus stands at the very origins of the interdisciplinary approach that is now the core of Renaissance studies. Baron's analysis of the forces that changed life and thought in fifteenth-century Italy was widely reviewed domestically and internationally, and scholars quickly noted that the book "will henceforth be the starting point for any general discussion of the early Renaissance." The Times Literary Supplement called it "a model of the kind of intensive study on which all understanding of cultural process must rest." First published in 1955 in two volumes, the work was reissued in a one-volume Princeton edition in 1966.

Politics and Culture in Renaissance Naples

1987-12-31

Jerry H. Bentley

Examining the cultural history of Renaissance Naples with an emphasis on humanism, the author also evaluates Naples in the broader context of fifteenth-century Italy and Renaissance Europe in general. He … Examining the cultural history of Renaissance Naples with an emphasis on humanism, the author also evaluates Naples in the broader context of fifteenth-century Italy and Renaissance Europe in general. He addresses several prominent themes of Renaissance history: patron- client relationships, the development of a realistic, Machiavellian approach to matters of statecraft and diplomacy, and the influence of Neapolitan humanists on European culture in general. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The Quattrocento Dialogue

1980-12-31

David Marsh

Humanists and Holy Writ

1983-12-31

Jerry H. Bentley

Renaissance Diplomacy

1956-07-01

Theodor Mommsen , Garrett Mattingly.

A History of Literary Criticism in the Italian Renaissance

1962-06-01

Jean H. Hagstrum , Bernard Weinberg

The Universities of the Italian Renaissance

2002-01-01

Paul F. Grendler

Feeling in Theory: Emotion after the "Death of the Subject"

2004-01-01

David Wagenknecht , Rei Terada

Acknowledgments Abbreviations and Textual Note Introduction: Emotion after the Death of the PART 1:COGITO AND THE HISTORY OF THE PASSIONS 1. Philosophy of Emotion 2. Cogito and the History of … Acknowledgments Abbreviations and Textual Note Introduction: Emotion after the Death of the PART 1:COGITO AND THE HISTORY OF THE PASSIONS 1. Philosophy of Emotion 2. Cogito and the History of the 3. Feeling and Phenomena 4. Imaginary Seductions 5. Idea-Signs of Passion PART 2: PATHOS (ALLEGORIES OF EMOTION) 6. Emotion and Figure 7. Safety and the Sublime 8. Allegory of Emotion 9. Inner Voices, Hostile Strangers: Moral and Social Feelings 10. Emotion Degree Zero PART 3: A PARALLEL PHILOSOPHY 11. Nobody's Passion: Emotion and the Philosophy of Music 12. Emotional Reference 13. Why You Can't Make a Subject That Feels Pain 14. From Affection to Affect 15. Regime of Affect PART 4: PYSCHE,INC.:DERRIDEAN EMOTION AFTER DE MAN 16. Hardly Thinking 17. Psyche and Prosopopoeia 18. The Theater of Petty Passions L'ame 19. Conclusion: Night of the Human Subject Notes References Index

Textual intercourse: collaboration, authorship, and sexualities in Renaissance drama

1997-11-01

Jeffrey Masten

Introduction 1. Seeing double: collaboration and the interpretation of Renaissance drama 2. Between gentlemen: homoeroticism, collaboration, and the discourse of friendship 3. Representing authority: patriarchalism, absolutism, and the author on … Introduction 1. Seeing double: collaboration and the interpretation of Renaissance drama 2. Between gentlemen: homoeroticism, collaboration, and the discourse of friendship 3. Representing authority: patriarchalism, absolutism, and the author on stage 4. Reproducing works: dramatic quartos and folios in the seventeenth century 5. Mistris Corrivall: Margaret Cavendish's dramatic production Notes Bibliography Index.

Renaissance Neoplatonic Thought, Scholastic Tradition, and Negative Theology

2025-06-24

Johannes Stoffers | Oxford University Press eBooks

Abstract Nicholas Cusanus conceives of God’s omnipresence as his presence in all created things. In continuity with medieval Scholasticism, he holds fast to a non-occupation account of omnipresence with a … Abstract Nicholas Cusanus conceives of God’s omnipresence as his presence in all created things. In continuity with medieval Scholasticism, he holds fast to a non-occupation account of omnipresence with a focus less on divine action or knowledge, but rather on divine power and essence. In his writings, Cusanus particularly elaborates God’s constituting role for any finite being. He expresses this quite traditional position in innovative formulations: The Absolute is the complicatio of all that exists, or it is identical to the entitas of all beings. It is non aliud in relation to created things that are alia among each other or, as indicated by the term possest, a union of absolute potentiality and actuality in which finite beings are grounded. With these models of understanding God’s presence in all things, Cusanus satisfies some important, though not all, desiderata of contemporary panentheist thought. His conception’s framework remains that of classical theism, however.

The Myth of Dante

2025-06-24

Catherine Keen | Oxford University Press eBooks

Abstract This chapter explores uses of Dante’s work, name, and public figure in national and transnational discourses around Italian identity, from the fourteenth to twenty-first centuries. Beginning with self-mythologization, it … Abstract This chapter explores uses of Dante’s work, name, and public figure in national and transnational discourses around Italian identity, from the fourteenth to twenty-first centuries. Beginning with self-mythologization, it notes how Dante embedded the mobility of exile and the radical vernacularity of the Commedia’s poetry into his own authorial representation. It next considers Dante’s reception up to the sixteenth century, reviewing how artistic, biographical, and literary commemorations established his literary canonicity, while accommodating divergent and sometimes polemical responses in contributions running from the age of Giotto and Boccaccio up to Raphael and Machiavelli. The last section moves forward several centuries to examine how minoritized or marginalized communities within modern and contemporary Italy have problematized nation-centered accounts of Dante, exploring how deportee, refugee, and exophone writing re-energizes Dante’s myth to make it more collaborative and transnational in the context of changing Italian cultural identities and networks in the first decades of the twenty-first century.

Literature and Science in Modern Italy

2025-06-24

Pier Paolo Antonello | Oxford University Press eBooks

Abstract Drawing on what Italo Calvino described as a fundamental vocation of Italian literature, this essay charts the two primary discursive and epistemic modes through which the relationship between literature … Abstract Drawing on what Italo Calvino described as a fundamental vocation of Italian literature, this essay charts the two primary discursive and epistemic modes through which the relationship between literature and science has been articulated in modern Italian literature: the mythographic and the experimental-cognitive ones. Writers such as Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Carlo Emilio Gadda, Italo Calvino, and Primo Levi are considered paradigmatic in defining this literary and epistemic tension, which has led to the creation of original and exemplary literary experimental exercises that have proven to be both relevant and influential on an international scale.

Carmine Di Biase, PEEPEE, THE TINY PINK MONKEY. A BILINGUAL EDITION OF CARLO COLLODI’S SEQUEL TO PINOCCHIO

2025-06-20

Alessandro Canazza | Italiano LinguaDue

Crisis and Modernity – Memory and Oblivion: Early Modern Political Epistemologies in Niccolò Machiavelli and Giordano Bruno

2025-06-19

Giulio Gisondi | BRILL eBooks

Representing Information in the Western World

2025-06-19

Karen Attar | Routledge eBooks

Between Books and Friends: Dante’s Real and Ideal Lyric Communities

2025-06-18

Laura Banella | Italian Studies

Philosophical and Cultural Understanding of Empathy in the Renaissance

2025-06-18

Zarina R. Slesarenko | Общество философия история культура

This article attempts to identify the phenomenon of empathy as a necessary condition for creativity in the works of representatives of the Renaissance. It was during this period that mankind … This article attempts to identify the phenomenon of empathy as a necessary condition for creativity in the works of representatives of the Renaissance. It was during this period that mankind made a step forward in under-standing their emotions and feelings, which eventually led to the creation of outstanding works of art, literature and science. However, it is important to continue to explore empathy and its impact on creativity to better un-derstand how it can help us in today’s world, where communication and understanding are becoming increas-ingly important. Nowadays, as the processes of digitalization and globalization are rapidly evolving, we are witnessing how universal, spiritual and moral values are beginning to lose their relevance. In this regard, there is an interest in the sensual and emotional side of a person – empathy. Recently, the phenomenon of empathy has become the object of attention of many philosophers and cultural scientists, however, the ambiguity of this term remains generally accepted, which actualizes this problem.

The Problem of Man in Renaissance Philosophy

2025-06-18

Andrey A. Мirgorodskiy | Общество философия история культура

The article examines the content of the human problem in Renaissance philosophy, including in the context of the problem of the subject of historical development. The problem of man is … The article examines the content of the human problem in Renaissance philosophy, including in the context of the problem of the subject of historical development. The problem of man is an important part of philosophiz-ing at all stages of cultural and historical development. The focus of Antiquity was on natural and cosmic life, in which man appeared exclusively as a natural being, in the Middle Ages man became the “image and likeness” of the divine Absolute. It is only in the Renaissance that man acquires his autonomy. At the same time, creative activity has a sacred, sacred meaning. It ceases to be a simple realization of earthly needs and becomes a means of creating both a new world and man himself. During this period, a person strives for liberation from the transcendental principle, seeking support not so much in the outer cosmos or the divine Absolute, as in his own depth of his essence. The work notes that a person, in order to realize his potencies, on the basis of love and creativity, as a means of achieving any natural and cosmic goals, must become a comprehensive and harmonious personality, primarily in social life.

An Archive within an Archive or, Archive as Repertoire

2025-06-18

Laura A Lucci , Paul J Stoesser | react/review a responsive journal for art and architecture

Diana Taylor defines the archival “as documents, maps, literary texts [...] all those items supposedly resistant to change” (19), and the repertoire as “[enacting] embodied memory [...] all those acts … Diana Taylor defines the archival “as documents, maps, literary texts [...] all those items supposedly resistant to change” (19), and the repertoire as “[enacting] embodied memory [...] all those acts usually thought of as ephemeral, nonreproducible knowledge” (19-20). The archive is marked by human intervention; the decisions about what is preserved circumscribe the finder’s agency and their means “to find out” (20). In turn, the “being there” of repertoire animates and amplifies this archival non-neutrality. But, some performance artifacts seem to resist this compartmentalization, functioning as a singularity of archive and repertoire and in doing so, cease to be “well-behaved.” This essay will examine the “unruliness” of Baccio Cecchi’s Descrizione dell’ apparato e de gli’intermedi fatti per la storia dell’ Esaltazione della Croce (1592) as it oscillates between archive and repertoire. Ostensibly a description of a temporary theatre and the intermedi performed between the acts of Giovanmaria Cecchi’s L’esaltazione della Croce during the 1589 wedding of Ferdinand de’ Medici and Christine of Lorraine, the descrizione expresses what is meant to be evoked by that space, and what knowledge—religious, political, and symbolic—is transmitted in the course of the performance. As a record of Baccio Cecchi’s presence and experience, and in its reliance on a specific place and moment of the performance, this essay willdemostrate how the document functions as both archive and repertoire. The tension between the necessary witnessing of the repertoire and the optional engagement of the archive constitutes the disruptive centre of Baccio’s descrizione .

Interpreting Beatrice: The Critical Reception of the Character in the Last Twenty-Five Years

2025-06-17

Heloísa Abreu de Lima | Humanities

A central figure in Dante’s oeuvre, Beatrice, has been the subject of diverse interpretations and enduring critical debate across centuries. This study presents a comprehensive bibliographic review of Beatrice’s reception … A central figure in Dante’s oeuvre, Beatrice, has been the subject of diverse interpretations and enduring critical debate across centuries. This study presents a comprehensive bibliographic review of Beatrice’s reception over the last twenty-five years, mapping the principal interpretive trends and methodological approaches that have shaped contemporary scholarship. The analysis organizes these contributions into five key thematic areas: 1. investigations into Beatrice’s historical and allegorical significance; 2. readings informed by a biblical perspective; 3. analyses exploring the relationship between Beatrice and Dante’s conception of love; 4. examinations of her literary meaning, often through metatextual and intertextual perspectives; and 5. gender-based inquiries that situate Beatrice within broader discourses on femininity and medieval representation. Additionally, the paper considers alternative interpretations beyond these dominant categories. Finally, the study identifies points of convergence and divergence between critical approaches to Beatrice and those applied to another emblematic female figure, Fiammetta, offering a comparative perspective on their scholarly reception.

Reading for Atmosphere: Pleasure, Lyric, and Community in the cornice of Boccaccio’s Decameron

2025-06-17

Francesca Southerden | Italian Studies

Inner Methods and Outer Rites: An Exploration of Salvation Through Refinement in the Golden Writings on the Great Achievement of Deliverance by the Numinous Treasure of Highest Clarity

2025-06-13

Hongyi Chen | Religions

Salvation through Refinement (liandu 鍊度) is a distinctive Daoist rite aimed at rescuing the souls of the deceased from hell, enabling their rebirth, and ultimately facilitating their transcendence. The Golden … Salvation through Refinement (liandu 鍊度) is a distinctive Daoist rite aimed at rescuing the souls of the deceased from hell, enabling their rebirth, and ultimately facilitating their transcendence. The Golden Writings on the Great Achievement of Deliverance by the Numinous Treasure of Highest Clarity (Shangqing Lingbao Jidu Dacheng Jinshu 上清靈寶濟度大成金書), compiled by Zhou Side 周思得 (1359–1451), preserves a wealth of material related to Salvation through Refinement. This content can be divided into two parts: the ritual procedures of Salvation through Refinement and the associated internal practices (neishi 内事). Zhou explicitly stated that the Salvation through Refinement ritual originated from the Golden Book of Salvation according to the Lingbao Tradition (Lingbao Lingjiao Jidu Jinshu 靈寶領教濟度金書), compiled by Lin Lingzhen 林靈真 (1239–1302), whereas the internal practices are not attributed to any specific source. Comparative analysis confirms that the section on internal practices derives from the Brief Discussions of Inner Method of Taiji for Sacrificing to and Sublimating [the Souls of the Deceased] (Taiji Jilian Neifa Yilüe 太極祭鍊內法議略), compiled by Zheng Sixiao 鄭思肖 (1241–1318). Zheng Sixiao’s Salvation through Refinement method centers on Visualization and Actualization (cunxiang 存想), with the entire process taking place internally within the ritual master’s body. Building upon this foundation, Zhou Side incorporated additional ritualized actions and recitations, striving to integrate external ritual with internal practice. In doing so, he constructed a model of Salvation through Refinement characterized by the union of inner methods and outer rites. Inner Sublimation emerged during the Southern Song period, likely influenced in both principle and method by the then-prevalent School of the Mind (xinxue 心學). It sought to counter the increasing complexity of ritual practices at that time. Meanwhile, the continued practice of traditional forms of Retreats (zhai 齋) and Offerings (jiao 醮) reflected the Ming (1368–1644) rulers’ emphasis on the didactic function of such rituals. In his compilation, Zhou cited the views and materials of others under the name of Tian Sizhen 田思真 (fl. early 12th century) to articulate the inner meanings and core doctrines of the Numinous Treasure (lingbao 靈寶) rites. By positioning Tian Sizhen as an intermediary, Zhou not only established a line of transmission between the rites he compiled and the orthodox Numinous Treasure lineage represented by Lu Xiujing 陸修靜 (406–477) but also affirmed his conscious identification with the Daoist ritual tradition and his stance regarding its lineage.

Appunti preliminari su un nuovo codice di Petrarca volgare; Parte I

2025-06-10

Francesco Marco Aresu , Giulia Benghi , Nicholas Herman +1 more | Textual Cultures

Since the University of Pennsylvania libraries’ acquisition in spring 2024 of a heretofore unknown fifteenth-century Florentine manuscript devoted to Petrarch’s two principal vernacular works, the Rerum vulgarium fragmenta and the … Since the University of Pennsylvania libraries’ acquisition in spring 2024 of a heretofore unknown fifteenth-century Florentine manuscript devoted to Petrarch’s two principal vernacular works, the Rerum vulgarium fragmenta and the Triumphi, a manuscript that had remained in private hands until its sale, codex MS 2196 has become the object of intense study by the Petrarch scholars who comprise the core team of the Petrarchive. In late September of 2024, as part of Penn’s Kislak Center presentation of the manuscript with lectures and Petrarchan music, our early results were presented by three of the authors, who put into the larger contexts of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century manuscript production and illumination the manuscript’s features and unique place in the history of the early transmission of Petrarch’s lyric poetry in Italian. In this first part of our essay, we offer a complete description of the manuscript and a preliminary orientation to its role within the larger production of the Florentine workshop where, to date, we can confirm that at least eight other manuscripts of at least one if not both of the two works, often including Leonardo Bruni’s Life of Petrarch, were produced by a single copyist and illuminated — to varying degrees of quality and palette — with the same iconographic image of Apollo’s pursuit of Daphne, who is in the process of being transformed into a laurel tree. Within that context, we consider unique characteristics that demonstrate how the copyist of codex 2196 negotiated both problematic textual and material issues and handled over time and in multiple copies changing editorial ideas about the text and production of the Rerum vulgarium fragmenta. The second part of the essay, to be published in the fall issue, will delve deeper into more complex issues of variants and editorial norms across the manuscripts produced in the Florentine workshop.

The Voice of Marlowe

2025-06-09

Francis Berry | Routledge eBooks

Philosophical aspects of the truth in the Orazione XV of Caterina da Siena

2025-06-06

Anna Griva | Dia-noesis.

This article will focus on the references to truth (verità) in the work Orazioni by the 14th-century Italian mystic, theologian, and philosopher Caterina da Siena. Within the dense and philosophically … This article will focus on the references to truth (verità) in the work Orazioni by the 14th-century Italian mystic, theologian, and philosopher Caterina da Siena. Within the dense and philosophically structured reflections of the Orazioni, truth is a term that recurs and acquires fundamental importance for understanding the worldview of the Italian philosopher. It can also be seen within a broader framework of philosophical perspectives on the relationship between parts and the whole, as well as on the participation of humans in the cosmic unity. We will particularly focus on Orazione XV, in which a more complete presentation of the term truth is provided through a clear reasoning process.

Beyond Aesthetics: The Symbolism of Nudity in Renaissance Art

2025-06-06

Yujia Wang | Communications in Humanities Research

This paper explores the multifaceted symbolism of nudity in Renaissance art, going beyond its aesthetic appeal to uncover deeper philosophical, cultural and social significance. During the Renaissance, nudity in art … This paper explores the multifaceted symbolism of nudity in Renaissance art, going beyond its aesthetic appeal to uncover deeper philosophical, cultural and social significance. During the Renaissance, nudity in art represented a profound shift from medieval perceptions of the human body, influenced by the revival of classical antiquity and humanism. The paper highlights the contributions of prominent artists such as Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, whose works embodied the ideals of beauty, truth and human perfection. By examining key works such as Titians Sacred and Profane Love and Botticellis Spring, the paper illustrates how Renaissance artists used nudity to convey transcendent truths and humanistic values. Furthermore, the paper discusses the impact of gender norms and social roles on the depiction of the nude, particularly the dichotomy between male and female representation. Ultimately, this research demonstrates how Renaissance nude art served as a medium for intellectual and philosophical exploration, inviting viewers to engage in contemplation and reflection on the essence of humanity.

:The Dynamics of Learning in Early Modern Italy: Arts and Medicine at the University of Bologna

2025-06-01

Eva Del Soldato | The Journal of Modern History

L. Leporiere, Sessualità perversa. Breve storia di una rivista scandalosa. Editrice Bibliografica, Milano, 2024, pp. 175, € 19,00, ISBN 9788893576499.

2025-06-01

Francesco Paolella | RIVISTA SPERIMENTALE DI FRENIATRIA

Republicanism and Papalism: The Political Thought of Jacopo da Varagine (1228‐98)

2025-05-31

G Ridley | History of Political Thought

The article presents an interpretation of the political thought of Jacopo da Varagine (1228‐98), a Dominican archbishop of Genoa and an acquaintance of Thomas Aquinas. Jacopo composed a famous collection … The article presents an interpretation of the political thought of Jacopo da Varagine (1228‐98), a Dominican archbishop of Genoa and an acquaintance of Thomas Aquinas. Jacopo composed a famous collection of saint lives now called the Golden Legend ( Legenda Aurea ), a Chronicle of Genoa , and hundreds of extant sermons. Despite his prolific literary production, however, Jacopo is missing from standard histories of medieval political thought. The primary goal of this article is to rectify that lacuna. I pay particular attention to his connected arguments about the papacy, republicanism and the restoration of peace in Genoa in his Chronicle .

The Power of Stoichedon

2025-05-31

S.K. Lee | The Journal of Humanities

Inscriptions in Texts Epistemic Encounters in Giovanni Vacca’s Sinological Library

2025-05-30

Andrea Bréard | Annali di Ca’ Foscari Serie orientale

This article considers texts in G. Vacca’s (1872‑1953) library as vertices in a sinological network. I analyse his annotations inscribed into books, offprints, maps, brochures, which he mainly collected during … This article considers texts in G. Vacca’s (1872‑1953) library as vertices in a sinological network. I analyse his annotations inscribed into books, offprints, maps, brochures, which he mainly collected during his sojourn in China (1907‑08). Focusing on mathematical books, I argue that inscriptions and printed texts together not only materialise Vacca’s turn from mathematics to sinology but also produce new forms of knowledge that resulted from translations between languages spoken in his network: Chinese, universal languages, and the languages of logic and algebra. Far from being an isolated stronghold of piles of paper transported from China to Europe and extended thereafter in scale and content, Vacca’s documentary legacy is a continuous space of circulation in itself.

PAUL MICHAEL JOHNSON. Affective Geographies. Cervantes, Emotion, and the Literary Mediterranean. Toronto, Buffalo, London: U of Toronto P., 2020. 307 pp.

2025-05-29

Eli Cohen | Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos

Reseña de Affective Geographies. Cervantes, Emotion, and the Literary Mediterranean de Paul Michael Johnson. Reseña de Affective Geographies. Cervantes, Emotion, and the Literary Mediterranean de Paul Michael Johnson.

Piero di Niccolò d’Antonio da Filicaia and His Links with the Medici Family

2025-05-26

Luca Palmarini , Roman Sosnowski | BRILL eBooks

Barzilai, Reut. Venus’s Palace. Shakespeare and the Antitheatricalists. London and New York: Routledge, 2023 (= Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama). 177 pp.

2025-05-26

Stephen Montgomery-Anderson | Kritikon Litterarum

The Significance of Female Artists in the Renaissance

2025-05-23

Chenhao Zhao

This paper focuses on the lives of female artists during the Renaissance, who faced many challenges while pursuing their career. Societal prejudices and lack of education placed restrictions on their … This paper focuses on the lives of female artists during the Renaissance, who faced many challenges while pursuing their career. Societal prejudices and lack of education placed restrictions on their career; problems such as misattribution and absent recognition also led to difficulties in accrediting female artists. Still, artists like Plautilla Nelli, Sofonisba Anguissola, Properzia De Rossi, Caterina van Hemessen, Diana Mantuana, Lavinia Fontana, and Artemisia Gentileschi became significant figures in the art field by breaking the conventional gender barriers. From tiny portraitures to sculptures to large scale paintings, female artists accomplished works across all areas in the art field. Some worked their way up to the courts of Spanish royalty, others earned a living through artistic commission and owned their own workshop. Some, like Anguissola and Gentileschi, were courageous enough to corporate unconventional opinions and even feminist ideals into their art. This paper aims to accredit the deserved recognition of many significant female artists who accomplished great achievements in the course of art history.

Eschatological Visions in Dante’s Divine Comedy and the Abrahamic Traditions

2025-05-23

Prof. Abdelkrim ELALAMI

Dante’s Divine Comedy and the Islamic Miʿrāj tradition share profound eschatological and apocalyptic parallels, reflecting a common spiritual and theological framework rooted in the monotheistic belief in a single, transcendent … Dante’s Divine Comedy and the Islamic Miʿrāj tradition share profound eschatological and apocalyptic parallels, reflecting a common spiritual and theological framework rooted in the monotheistic belief in a single, transcendent God. This paper explores the intersections between Dante’s epic poem and Islamic, Christian, and Jewish eschatological and apocalyptic visionary literature, arguing that their similarities stem not merely from cultural exchange but from a shared divine origin. By examining the structured journeys through the afterlife, the presence of spiritual guides, the end-time signs and the symbolic imagery in both traditions, the study highlights the theological and spiritual unity that connects these narratives. The paper also addresses the contentious debate over Islamic influence on Dante’s work, particularly through texts like The Book of Muhammad’s Ladder, situating these discussions within the broader context of Abrahamic eschatology. Ultimately, this exploration reveals the interconnectedness of these religious traditions, offering fresh insights into the universal human quest to understand the divine, the afterlife, and the moral order of the cosmos.

Egidio da Viterbo and Janus Vitalis: The Portrait of a Renaissance Cardinal in a Friend’s Memorial Poem

2025-05-22

Stefania Pasti

The Dante Project (2022)

2025-05-20

Briony Fer