Hollow Men

Writing, Objects, and Public Image in Renaissance Italy

Nonfiction, History, Italy, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
Cover of the book Hollow Men by Susan Gaylard, Fordham University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Susan Gaylard ISBN: 9780823252176
Publisher: Fordham University Press Publication: March 20, 2013
Imprint: Modern Language Initiative Language: English
Author: Susan Gaylard
ISBN: 9780823252176
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Publication: March 20, 2013
Imprint: Modern Language Initiative
Language: English

This book relates developments in the visual arts and printing to humanist theories of literary and bodily imitation, bringing together fifteenth- and sixteenth-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 awareness of representation as representation.

Hollow Men shows that the Renaissance questioning of “interiority” derived from a visual ideal, the monument that was the basis of teachings about imitation. In fact, the decline of exemplary pedagogy and the emergence of modern masculine subjectivity were well underway in the mid–fifteenth century, and these changes were hastened by the rapid development of the printed image.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This book relates developments in the visual arts and printing to humanist theories of literary and bodily imitation, bringing together fifteenth- and sixteenth-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 awareness of representation as representation.

Hollow Men shows that the Renaissance questioning of “interiority” derived from a visual ideal, the monument that was the basis of teachings about imitation. In fact, the decline of exemplary pedagogy and the emergence of modern masculine subjectivity were well underway in the mid–fifteenth century, and these changes were hastened by the rapid development of the printed image.

More books from Fordham University Press

Cover of the book Racial Fever by Susan Gaylard
Cover of the book Sabato Rodia's Towers in Watts by Susan Gaylard
Cover of the book Imagine No Religion by Susan Gaylard
Cover of the book Alexandrian Cosmopolitanism by Susan Gaylard
Cover of the book Meyer Berger's New York by Susan Gaylard
Cover of the book The Perils of Uglytown by Susan Gaylard
Cover of the book The Retreats of Reconstruction by Susan Gaylard
Cover of the book Creolizing Political Theory by Susan Gaylard
Cover of the book Phenomenologies of Scripture by Susan Gaylard
Cover of the book Killing Times by Susan Gaylard
Cover of the book Antebellum Posthuman by Susan Gaylard
Cover of the book Inventing the Language to Tell It by Susan Gaylard
Cover of the book The Pleasure in Drawing by Susan Gaylard
Cover of the book Lessons in Secular Criticism by Susan Gaylard
Cover of the book From Slave Ship to Harvard by Susan Gaylard
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy