A history of Arcadia in art and literature : the quest for secular human happiness revealed in the pastoral : fortunato in terra /
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| Author / Creator: | Holberton, Paul, author. |
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| Imprint: | London : Ad Ilissum, an imprint of Paul Holberton Publishing, 2021. ©2021 |
| Description: | 2 volumes : illustrations (colour) ; 25 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12733375 |
| Summary: | A bold, in-depth analysis of the pastoral form in writing and art. <br> <br> <br> <br> A History of Arcadia in Art and Literature is an unprecedented exploration of the pastoral through the close examination of original texts of classical and early and later modern pastoral poetry, literature, and drama in ancient Greek, Latin, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, German, and English, as well as of a wide range of visual imagery. The book is an iconographic study of Renaissance and Baroque pastoral and related subject matter, with an important chapter on the eighteenth century, both in the visual arts, where pastoral is poorly understood, and in words and performance, about which many false preconceptions prevail. <br> <br> <br> <br> The book begins with Virgil's use of Theocritus and an analysis of what basis Virgil provided for Renaissance pastoral and what, by contrast, stemmed from the medieval pastourelle . Paul Holberton then moves through a remarkable range of works, addressing authors such as Petrarch, Tasso, Guarino, Lope de Vega, Cervantes, and Shakespeare, and artists such as Giorgione, Claude, Poussin, Watteau, Gainsborough, and many more. The book serves simultaneously as a careful study, an art book full of beautiful reproductions, and an anthology, presenting all texts both in the original language and in English translation. |
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| Item Description: | Volume I (revised), earlier Renaissance, volume 2, later Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassicism. "Chapters 1-7 of the present edition were first published in a very limited number of copies in 2013 -- as a kind of trial or prototype of which this is the production version, much revised and approfondito"--Volume 1, title page verso |
| Physical Description: | 2 volumes : illustrations (colour) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references in notes, bibliographical index and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781912168255 1912168251 9781912168262 191216826X |
