| Description |
xi, 244 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. The Sleep of Reason -- Ch. 2. Sleep and Waking/Rapture and Reason -- Ch. 3. Pregnant Poets -- Ch. 4. Sleeping Beauties -- Ch. 5. The Dream of Raphael -- Ch. 6. The Dream of Michelangelo |
| Summary |
"In this book, Maria Ruvoldt traces the development of the pictorial vocabulary of divine inspiration, examining how themes of spiritual, intellectual, and artistic transcendence were given visual form. She argues that the imagery of sleep, a passive experience equated with the loss of reason, offered a powerful visual sign for a Platonic model of divine inspiration. Drawing on primary sources, including handbooks of dream interpretation, the recorded dreams of artists and poets, and philosophical texts, Ruvoldt also considers a wide range of objects, from portrait medals to gift drawings in which sleep is visualized. Her study recovers the Renaissance perception, production, and reception of sleep and dreams and their relation to divine inspiration."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Inspiration in art.
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Symbolism in art -- Italy.
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Art, Italian.
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Art, Renaissance -- Italy.
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| LC no. |
2003053070 |
| ISBN |
0521821606 : |
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