Abstract
Did the florentine philosopher Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499) influence the art of his time? Art historians have been fiercely debating this question for decades. This books starts with Ficino's views on the imagination as a faculty of the soul, and shows how these ideas were part of a long philosophical traditio and inspired new insights. This approach, combined with little known historical material, offers a new understanding, whether, how and why Ficino's Platonic conceptions of the imagination may have been received in the art of the Italian renaissance. The discussion explores Ficino's possible influence on the work of Botticelli and Michelangelo, and examines the appropriation of Ficino's ideas by early modern art theorists.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Leiden/Boston |
| Publisher | Brill Academic Publishers |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789004459687 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789004459670 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2022 |
| Event | Lecture/Book presentation Ficino and Fantasy. Imagination in Renaissance Art and Theory from Botticelli to Michelangelo: Ficino and Fantasy - Amsterdam, Academische Club, Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: 12 May 2022 → 12 May 2022 |
Publication series
| Name | Aries Book Series |
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| Publisher | Brill Academic Publishers |
Keywords
- Renaissance art
- philosophy
- Marsilio Ficino
- imagination
- phantasy
- Botticelli
- Michelangelo
- Neoplatonism
- Renaissance humanism
- Platonism
- art theory