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The eloquent body : dance and humanist culture in fifteenth-century Italy

Title
The eloquent body : dance and humanist culture in fifteenth-century Italy / Jennifer Nevile.
Author
Nevile, Jennifer.
Publication
Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2004.

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TextUse in library *MGRI 05-3552Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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x, 247 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Dance > Social aspects > History > Italy > 15th century
  • Humanism > Italy > History > 15th century
  • Dance > Italy > History > 15th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-240) and index.
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 Verceppe.
Call Number
*MGRI 05-3552
ISBN
  • 0253344530 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780253344533 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2004002131
OCLC
54374507
Author
Nevile, Jennifer.
Title
The eloquent body : dance and humanist culture in fifteenth-century Italy / Jennifer Nevile.
Imprint
Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2004.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-240) and index.
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*MGRI 05-3552
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