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Author Nevile, Jennifer.

Title The eloquent body : dance and humanist culture in fifteenth-century Italy / Jennifer Nevile
Published Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (x, 247 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction -- Dance and society -- The dance treatises and humanist ideals -- Eloquent movement--eloquent prose -- Dance and the intellect -- Order and virtue -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1, transcription and translation of MS from Florence, Biblioteca nazionale Magl. VII 1121, f. 63r69v / Giovanni Carsaniga -- Appendix 2, the use of mensuration signs as proportion signs in the dance treatises -- Appendix 3, floor track and music of anello, la ingrata, pizochara, and vereppe
Summary Adds a new dimension to the consideration of Humanism and Italian culture
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Dance -- Social aspects -- Italy -- History -- 15th century
Humanism -- Italy -- History -- 15th century
Dance -- Italy -- History -- 15th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Dance
Dance -- Social aspects
Humanism
Italy
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0253111145
9780253111142
128207170X
9781282071704
9786612071706
6612071702
Other Titles Dance and humanist culture in fifteenth-century Italy