In your face: professional improprieties and the art of being conspicuous in sixteenth-century Italy

Baldassar Castiglione and the art of being inconspicuously conspicuous -- Pietro Aretino and the art of conspicuous consumption -- Michelangelo Buonarroti and the art of conspicuous absorption -- Benvenuto Cellini and the art of conspicuous production -- Anton Francesco Doni and the art of conspicuo...

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Main Author: Biow, Douglas 1957- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: Stanford, Calif Stanford University Press c2010
In:Year: 2010
Reviews:[Rezension von: Biow, Douglas, In Your Face: Professional Improprieties and the Art of Being Conspicuous in Sixteenth-Century Italy] (2011) (Ross, Patrice)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Southern Italy (motif) / Art / Breaking a taboo / History 1500-1600
B Unobedience
B Eccentricity
B Castiglione, Baldassare 1478-1529 / Aretino, Pietro 1492-1556 / Michelangelo, Buonarroti 1475-1564 / Cellini, Benvenuto 1500-1571 / Doni, Antonio Francesco 1513-1574
Further subjects:B Authors, Italian 16th century
B Eccentrics and eccentricities (Italy) History 16th century
B Personality and creative ability (Italy) History 16th century
B Artists (Italy) History 16th century
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Summary:Baldassar Castiglione and the art of being inconspicuously conspicuous -- Pietro Aretino and the art of conspicuous consumption -- Michelangelo Buonarroti and the art of conspicuous absorption -- Benvenuto Cellini and the art of conspicuous production -- Anton Francesco Doni and the art of conspicuous reproduction
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:XVIII, 246 S, Ill, 24 cm
ISBN:978-0-8047-6215-1
978-0-8047-6216-8

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