Book Fools Of The Renaissance
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Book Fools Of The Renaissance
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Author : K. Lesley Knieriem
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Book Fools Of The Renaissance written by K. Lesley Knieriem and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
Fools And Folly During The Middle Ages And The Renaissance
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Author : Barbara Swain
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Fools And Folly During The Middle Ages And The Renaissance written by Barbara Swain and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with categories.
The King S Fool
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Author : Dana Fradon
language : en
Publisher: Dutton Childrens Books
Release Date : 1993
The King S Fool written by Dana Fradon and has been published by Dutton Childrens Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Examines the role of fools or jesters in medieval and Renaissance society and describes such individuals as Will Sommers of sixteenth-century England and Querno of sixteenth-century Italy.
English Versions Of The Ship Of Fools
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Author : Aurelius Pompen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
English Versions Of The Ship Of Fools written by Aurelius Pompen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with categories.
The English Versions Of The Ship Of Fools
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Author : Aurelius Cornelis Gerard Pompen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1925
The English Versions Of The Ship Of Fools written by Aurelius Cornelis Gerard Pompen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1925 with Comparative literature categories.
The Fools Journey
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Author : Yona Pinson
language : en
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Release Date : 2008
The Fools Journey written by Yona Pinson and has been published by Brepols Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Art categories.
Tracing the evolution of the newly emerging iconographical patterns of fools and folly, this book sheds light on the original and innovative invention that was an exclusive creation of northern Renaissance art and culture. The novel theme of the fools' journey, as expressed mainly through prints in Germany and later in the Netherlands in the sixteenth century is revealed as an ironical paraphrase, parodying the well established Christian topos, the Pilgrimage of Life or the Pilgrimage of the Human Soul, which offered the believer the opportunity to travel on the road toward redemption. The new mythical image of the fools' journey, however, confronts the contemporary reader/viewer with the image of the fool on his voyage that leads him, instead, to his doomed fate, thereby reflecting a pessimistic world-view. The newly emerging visual vocabulary is considered in relation to analogical contemporary didactic and satirical theatrical performances such as the rederijkers plays, the sotties, and also carnival processions. Proposing a new reading of Sebastian Brant's The Ship of Fools (Das Narrenschiff, Basel 1494), a landmark in the new iconography of the allegorical journey, this study recognizes as well the power of the visual image employed in the woodcuts-illustrations accompanying the treatise as a tool of moral teaching, used as a means of influencing the larger urban audience for whom word and image were sometimes interchangeable. Concomitantly, the divergence between verbal expression and visual language may be seen to define the inherent codes of the visual expressions. It is precisely the gap between literary sources and visualization, the very moment when visual vocabulary crystallizes, and image departs from word creating its own autonomous expression and language, that attracts our attention. The range and diversity of visual material related to the fools' journey topos, addresses a wide spectrum of audiences. This study also takes into consideration the strategies of communicating meanings and values to various publics. Addressing the wider urban public that was not necessarily lettered, notably women, illustrated-books and images were envisaged first of all as didactic tools. In accordance, the painters-engravers attended their public with rather simple visual elaborations that could be easily deciphered. Paintings, drawings, and prints intended for highly cultivated elite circles of urban society, among them works by Albrecht Durer and Hieronymus Bosch, demanded greater intellectual involvement on the part of the beholder, challenging the sophisticated viewer to re-create a meaningful ensemble out of the various scenes and motifs presented within complex compositions.
A Social History Of The Fool
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Author : Sandra Billington
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2015-03-19
A Social History Of The Fool written by Sandra Billington and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-19 with History categories.
Who is the Fool and what does he mean to us? Pre-1900 scholars thought him a Renaissance fashion, a continental import of note in the British Isles only between 1486 and the 1630s, per his appearances in Shakespeare's plays. However, as Sandra Billington shows in this pioneering study, the Fool has been with us from medieval times and has worn many guises: village idiot and sophisticated comedian, embodiment of Satan and God's own jester. He has managed, as Billington notes, 'to inspire or infect our thinking for at least eight hundred years'.
Wit And Wisdom Of The Italian Renaissance
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Author : Charles Speroni
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2022-03-25
Wit And Wisdom Of The Italian Renaissance written by Charles Speroni and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-25 with Education categories.
This is the first ample collection of facetiae, or witty tales, from the Italian Renaissance to be published in English. Witty and wise anecdotes had been known to the ancient Greeks and Romans in the form of apothegms, but not until the Renaissance did the true facetia acquire an independent life and popularity, and begin to spread rapidly throughout Italy and beyond the Alps. The publication of Poggio Bracciolini's Liberfacetiarum was largely responsible for this vogue: his collection met with tremendous success and resulted in the assembly of numerous other collection of facetiae. The facetia, which has some affinities with the longer, more carefully elaborated novella, is a brief narrative, varying in length from a few lines to two or three pages, whose main purpose it to entertain an excite laughter, and often concludes with a piece of pungent repartee. Both the facetia and the novella have often been censured for licentiousness, but most of them have a healthy moral, or at least a shrewd bit of psychology to impart. Above all, the facetia, like the novella, adds a new dimension to the overall, complex picture of the Renaissance. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1964.
A Social History Of Books And Libraries From Cuneiform To Bytes
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Author : Patrick M. Valentine
language : en
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Release Date : 2012-09-27
A Social History Of Books And Libraries From Cuneiform To Bytes written by Patrick M. Valentine and has been published by Scarecrow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-27 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
While the importance of writing has often been recognized, the role of books and especially that of libraries has just as often been slighted. Knowledge, once generated, has to be communicated, preserved, and accessible. Books in their varying formats—from clay tablets to scrolls and manuscripts to pixels—have been instrumental in spreading knowledge, although relatively little attention has been given to the story of books themselves. A Social History of Books and Libraries from Cuneiform to Bytes traces the roles of books and libraries throughout recorded history and explores their social and cultural importance within differing societies and changing times. It presents the history of books from clay tablets to e-books and the history of libraries, whether built of bricks or bytes. Following an introduction that sets the theoretical basis for the historical importance of books and libraries, chapters alternate between the history of the book and the history of libraries. Included within the chapters are short excursions on some particular development, such as book emblems or cataloging. Case studies are given as thematic illustrations of libraries everywhere. Patrick M. Valentine argues that social and cultural forces have been more influential in determining the nature and status of information, books, and libraries than has technology. But A Social History of Books and Libraries is far from a jeremiad against technology; rather it presents history within the subtle yet shifting context of time and place. Although written primarily for librarians and library students, it will also be of interest to a wider audience of scholars and those interested in books, libraries, and cultural history.
Playing The Fool
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Author : Colin a Low
language : en
Publisher: Digital Brilliance
Release Date : 2017-06-03
Playing The Fool written by Colin a Low and has been published by Digital Brilliance this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-03 with categories.
What is the Tarot? For centuries people have speculated about the meaning and origin of these enigmatic cards. And yet there is a straightforward answer. What if they depict the world of the Italian Renaissance, the period when the first hand-painted cards were created? In this tale the Tarot comes to life as we journey with the Fool. Through her eyes we encounter the other twenty-one Trumps and the four suits - Swords, Cups, Coins and Staves. She argues with the Magician, sings with the Empress, weeps for the Hanged Man, cares for the Hermit, hunts with the Moon, rides with the Sun, sleeps with the Devil, and drives the Virtues to distraction. Here is an extravagant work of imagination and humour that captures the spirit of the Renaissance Tarot. It is immersed in esoteric lore and myth, and illustrated with forty original Tarot illustrations created by the author for this book.