Cellini's Perseus and Medusa and the Loggia dei Lanzi
Configurations of the Body of State
Series: Art and Material Culture in Medieval and Renaissance Europe; 4;
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Product details:
- Publisher BRILL
- Date of Publication 22 May 2015
- ISBN 9789004292192
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages174 pages
- Size 235x155 mm
- Weight 434 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Cellini?s Perseus and Medusa and the Loggia dei Lanzi: Configurations of the Body of State explores the role that maternal influence played in the formation of Cosimo I de? Medici?s absolutist state.
MoreLong description:
Benvenuto Cellini?s Perseus and Medusa, one of Renaissance Italy?s most complex sculptures, is the subject of this study, which proposes that the statue?s androgynous appearance is paradoxical. Symbolizing the male ruler overcoming a female adversary, the Perseus legitimizes patriarchal power; but the physical similarity between Cellini?s characters suggests the hero rose through female agency. Dr. Corretti argues that although not a surrogate for powerful Medici women, Cellini?s Medusa may have reminded viewers that Cosimo I de? Medici?s power stemmed in part from maternal influence. Drawing upon a vast body of art and literature, Dr. Corretti concludes that Cellini and his contemporaries knew the Gorgon as a version of the Earth Mother, whose image is found in art for Medici women.
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Contents
Prologue vii
List of Figures xvi xviii
1 The Story of Perseus and Medusa, an Interpretation of Its Meaning, and
the Topos of Decapitation 1
2 Cellini?s Perseus and Medusa : The Paradigm of Control 17
3 Renaissance Political Theory and Paradoxes of Power 57
4 The Goddess as Other and Same 92
5 The Sexual Symbolism of the Perseus and Medusa 104
6 The Public Face of Justice 109
7 Classical and Grotesque Polities 127
8 Eleonora di Toledo and the Image of the Mother Goddess 137
Conclusion 154
Bibliography 157
Index 173
