Inventing the Renaissance Putto |
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| Author:
| Dempsey, Charles |
| Series title: | Bettie Allison Rand Lectures in Art History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4696-2840-0 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2015 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $55.00 |
Book Description:
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The figure of the putto made frequent appearances in the art and literature of Renaissance Italy. Commonly called spiritelli, putti embodied a minor species of demon, in their nature neither good nor bad. After discussing the many manifestations of the putto-spiritello in fifteenth-century Italian art and literature, Charles Dempsey offers parallel interpretations of two works: Botticelli's Mars and Venus, and Politian's Stanze.
The figure of the putto made frequent appearances in the art and literature of Renaissance Italy. Commonly called spiritelli, putti embodied a minor species of demon, in their nature neither good nor bad. After discussing the many manifestations of the putto-spiritello in fifteenth-century Italian art and literature, Charles Dempsey offers parallel interpretations of two works: Botticelli's Mars and Venus, and Politian's Stanze.