Raphael's ostrich

Raphael's ostrich

by D'Elia, Una Roman

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"Explores artistic depictions of the ostrich from ancient Egypt to the Renaissance works of Raphael. Traces the history of shifting interpretations given to the ostrich in scientific texts, literature, andreligious writings"--Provided by publisher.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Raphael's ostrich / Una Roman D'Elia.

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"Explores artistic depictions of the ostrich from ancient Egypt to the Renaissance works of Raphael. Traces the history of shifting interpretations given to the ostrich in scientific texts, literature, andreligious writings"--Provided by publisher.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2015

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 ressource en ligne (xvi, 251 pages) : : illustrations en couleur.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0271077476, 0271077492, 9780271077475, 9780271077499
  • oclc:on1335025488
  • LC Classification:N7668.O88
  • Dewey Decimal:709.02/4

Table of Contents

Introduction : Raphael's disputed legacy -- A brief history of the ostrich : antiquity and the Middle Ages -- The eagle and the ostrich : the court of Urbino -- Pope Leo X and Raphael's ostriches -- Raphael's heirs -- Farnese ostriches and Vasari's Raphael -- Fortune is an ostrich : discontent in the 1550s and 1560s -- Curiosity and the ostrich in the Counter-Reformation -- Taming the ostrich : Ripa and Aldrovandi.

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Subjects

Art de la Renaissance Art, Renaissance Livres numériques Ostriches in art -- History Painting, Renaissance Peinture de la Renaissance Raphael

Writers

D'Elia, Una Roman

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