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- Learning through Images in the Italian Renaissance
- Learning through Images in the Italian Renaissance
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Editorial Note
- Abbreviations
- Chapter One Introduction
- Chapter Two Two Youths
- Chapter Three Mental Images
- Chapter Four Virtues, Sins, and the Senses in the Fior di Virtù
- Chapter Five Serving the State in the Fior di Virtù
- Chapter Six Dealing with Others in the Esopo Volgarizzato
- Chapter Seven The Flesh in the Fior di Virtù and the Esopo Volgarizzato
- Chapter Eight Mathematics, Body, Form, and Metaphor in Libri d’Abbaco
- Chapter Nine The Cosmos in Goro Dati’s Sfera
- Chapter Ten Navigation and Geography in the Sfera
- Chapter Eleven Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Chapter Eleven - Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 June 2020
- Learning through Images in the Italian Renaissance
- Learning through Images in the Italian Renaissance
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Editorial Note
- Abbreviations
- Chapter One Introduction
- Chapter Two Two Youths
- Chapter Three Mental Images
- Chapter Four Virtues, Sins, and the Senses in the Fior di Virtù
- Chapter Five Serving the State in the Fior di Virtù
- Chapter Six Dealing with Others in the Esopo Volgarizzato
- Chapter Seven The Flesh in the Fior di Virtù and the Esopo Volgarizzato
- Chapter Eight Mathematics, Body, Form, and Metaphor in Libri d’Abbaco
- Chapter Nine The Cosmos in Goro Dati’s Sfera
- Chapter Ten Navigation and Geography in the Sfera
- Chapter Eleven Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Summary
The purpose of this book has been to demonstrate that illustrated vernacular manuscripts provided young Florentines with knowledge to help them succeed in their lives. The knowledge offered by these manuscripts could be used to establish good relationships with others, to take civic responsibility and contribute to the common good, to restrain lustful impulses, to prosper in business, and to understand the physical world and the workings of nature. I have focused on manuscripts of a select group of works: the Fior di virtù, the Esopo volgarizzato per uno da Siena, the Sfera by Goro Dati, and a few libri d’abbaco. The reason for choosing these works is that, in addition to their extensive illustrative cycles and their wide diffusion, there is evidence that they were read by the young.
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- Learning through Images in the Italian RenaissanceIllustrated Manuscripts and Education in Quattrocento Florence, pp. 226 - 230Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020