Ficino and fantasy imagination in Renaissance art and theory from Botticelli to Michelangelo / by Marieke J.E. van den Doel.

Author/creator Doel, Marieke van den
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]
Descriptionxx, 368 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
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SeriesAries book series, 1871-1405 ; volume 29
Abstract "Did the Florentine philosopher Marsilio Ficino (1433-99) influence the art of his time? Art historians have been fiercely debating this question for decades. This book starts with Ficino's views on the imagination as a faculty of the soul, and shows how these ideas were part of a long philosophical tradition and inspired fresh insights. This approach, combined with little known historical material, offers a new understanding of whether, how and why Ficino's Platonic conceptions of the imagination may have been received in the art of the Italian Renaissance. The discussion explores Ficino's possible influence on the work of Botticelli and Michelangelo, and examines the appropriation of Ficino's ideas by early modern art theorists"-- Provided by publisher.
General noteOutgrowth of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2008, under the title: Ficino en het voorstellingsvermogen : phantasia en imaginatio in kunst en theorie van de Renaissance.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 333-363) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2021008251
ISBN9789004459670 (hardback)
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