Hollow Men: Writing, Objects, and Public Image in Renaissance Italy

by Susan Gaylard

Book Overview

This book relates developments in the visual arts and printing to humanist theories of literary and bodily imitation, bringing together 15th- and 16th-century frescoes, statues, coins, letters, dialogues, epic poems, personal emblems, and printed collections of portraits. Its interdisciplinary analyses show that Renaissance theories of emulating classical heroes generated a deep skepticism about self-presentation, ultimately contributing to a new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823251918
• ISBN13: 9780823251919
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Modern Language Initiative
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"