Cellini's Perseus and Medusa and the Loggia dei Lanzi : configurations of the body of state
Art Gorgons (Greek mythology) in art Politics and government Cellini, Benvenuto, Florence (Italy) Criticism, interpretation, etc e-böcker
Brill
2015
EISBN 9789004296787
The story of Perseus and Medusa, an interpretation of its meaning, and the topos of decapitation.
Cellini's Perseus and Medusa: the paradigm of control.
Renaissance political theory and paradoxes of power.
The goddess as other and same.
The sexual symbolism of the Perseus and Medusa.
The public face of justice.
Classical and grotesque polities.
Eleonora di Toledo and the image of the mother goddess.
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.
Cellini's Perseus and Medusa: the paradigm of control.
Renaissance political theory and paradoxes of power.
The goddess as other and same.
The sexual symbolism of the Perseus and Medusa.
The public face of justice.
Classical and grotesque polities.
Eleonora di Toledo and the image of the mother goddess.
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.
