Pietro Bembo and the intellectual pleasures of a Renaissance writer and art collector / Susan Nalezy...
Pietro Bembo and the intellectual pleasures of a Renaissance writer and art collector / Susan Nalezy...
Pietro Bembo and the intellectual pleasures of a Renaissance writer and art collector / Susan Nalezyty.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017.
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G 2018/6688
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English
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Physical content
ix, 277 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 27 cm
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text
still image
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction -- A poet's specialized knowledge of the visual. Working, writing, and buying : Bembo's courtly mobility ; Curatorial inscriptions : intangible ideas about tangible objects ; Favors and gifts : bridging social and geographic distance -- Father and son : Bernardo and Pietro Bembo. Dedica...
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New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017.
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
One of the most influential scholars of the Renaissance, Pietro Bembo (1470-1547) gained fame not only for his literary theory and poetry, but for his incredible collection of art and antiquities. Drawing on anecdotes from Bembo's letters and unpublished archival material, Susan Nalezyty analyzes how Bembo's collection functioned as a source of ins...
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Pietro Bembo and the intellectual pleasures of a Renaissance writer and art collector / Susan Nalezyty.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2017
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G 2018/6688
Record Identifier
74VKVQZ6q8RZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVQZ6q8RZ
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ISBN
9780300219197
DDC
708.4509031
MMS ID
991024193518202626
