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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 Seven - The Flesh in the Fior di Virtù and the Esopo Volgarizzato
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
Diane wolfthal has stated ‘although some art historians accuse those who “see sex” in medieval and early modern art as anachronistic in their approach, in fact the reverse is true’. Indeed, in recent years, scholars have demonstrated that in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance there was a shared and omnipresent culture of the erotic that manifested itself visually in a variety of objects, often through concealed allusions and innuendo. Animal imagery has always been an ideal medium for veiled sexual content. In this chapter, I explore how the subject of sex is evoked in some of the illustrations of the Fior di virtù and the Esopo volgarizzato.
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- Learning through Images in the Italian RenaissanceIllustrated Manuscripts and Education in Quattrocento Florence, pp. 134 - 155Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020