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Pietro Bembo and the intellectual pleasures of a Renaissance writer and art collector
- Title
- Pietro Bembo and the intellectual pleasures of a Renaissance writer and art collector / Susan Nalezyty.
- Author
- Nalezyty, Susan, 1970-
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017.
- ©2017
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- Description
- ix, 277 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 27 cm
- Summary
- One of the most influential scholars of the Renaissance, Pietro Bembo (1470-1547) gained fame not only for his literary theory and poetry, but for his incredible collection of art and antiquities. Drawing on anecdotes from Bembo's letters and unpublished archival material, Susan Nalezyty analyzes how Bembo's collection functioned as a source of inspiration for artists like Titian and writers like Giovanni della Casa. As visitors to the collection marveled at the quality and variety of the displayed objects, Bembo encouraged investigations into the ways in which contemporary art compared with ancient objects. Often straddling the line between the visual and literary worlds, these critical discussions catalyzed artistic experiments that led to new modes of creative expression. This generously illustrated volume brings Bembo's collection to life and reveals its key role in the development of Renaissance artistic philosophy and historical study of the classical past.
- Subjects
- Art > Collectors and collecting
- Italy
- History
- 1268-1599
- Intellectual life
- Art > Private collections
- Italy > Intellectual life > 1268-1559
- Art > Collectors and collecting > Italy > History > 16th century
- Bembus, Bernardus 1433-1519
- Bembo, Pietro 1470-1547
- Bembo, Pietro
- Bembo, Pietro (1470-1547)
- Bembo, Pietro, 1470-1547 > Art collections
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- A poet's specialized knowledge of the visual. Working, writing, and buying : Bembo's courtly mobility ; Curatorial inscriptions : intangible ideas about tangible objects ; Favors and gifts : bridging social and geographic distance -- Father and son : Bernardo and Pietro Bembo. Dedicated public servant vs. author and churchman ; Visiting scholars : linguistic skill on par with the powers of observation ; Politics and the visual : a subtle economy of obligation -- Portraits. The family's memory preserved ; Pietro Bembo's changing image over time ; Faces of the illustrious : portraits of writers ; Mementos of affection -- Conserving and exhibiting sources for emulation. Imagines : authentic subjects taken from nature ; Signa : representations from the pages of the ancients ; Visuality and the inscribed word -- Bembo's studio. Villa and townhouse : well-fitted interiors and exteriors ; Bembo's domestic items ; A crowded house : display and exchange -- Appendix 1: Catalog of object descriptions -- Appendix 2: Chronology of accounts on the collection.
- ISBN
- 9780300219197
- 0300219199
- LCCN
- 2016038499
- OCLC
- ocn957077788
- 957077788
- SCSB-1886990
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library