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Chargement... Renaissance Woman (2005)par Gaia Servadio
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Enjoyable, easy-to-read study of educated women in the Renaissance, focusing on Vittoria Colonna and the courtesan Tullia d'Aragona as case studies. The author is particularly interested in how the humanist culture of the Renaissance empowered women, and how the Counter-Reformation quickly took away that power. Servadio's work is detailed, with allusions ranging from Roman religious practice to La Traviata; she is clearly passionate about her subject. Unfortunately the book is let down by occasionally poor grammar and sloppy editing, not to mention factual errors, and a number of questionable sweeping statements that would have been better backed up with specific examples. These shortcomings prevent the book from having the kind of academic integrity that it seems to want to have - but it doesn't prevent it being a very enjoyable examination of a lesser-known aspect of Renaissance history. Read and enjoy - but don't take all of what it says as gospel. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
The Renaissance created a new vision of womanhood and indeed a "New Woman," proposes Gaia Servadio in this rich feast of a book. She dates the birth of this revolutionary movement to the invention of the printing press in 1456, which made books-and hence education-available to women. Central to her story are the lives of such as Vittoria Colonna, whose extraordinary mutual love with Michelangelo is told here; Tullia d'Aragona, poet and the best known courtesan of her age; and French poet Louise Labe, who fought in battle in male clothes. They are placed center stage to the Renaissance's power plays, paintings and architecture, courtesans and popes, music and manners, fashion, food, cosmetics, changing societies and the language of poetry and symbols. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)940.21082History and Geography Europe Europe Early Modern 1453-1914 Renaissance period 1453-1517Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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