Dante in the Italian Renaissance of Art

Pedagogy Jan 2013

Dante in the Italian Renaissance of Art

Lisa Bixenstine Safford

Abstract

Much of Renaissance art reflects a Dantesque worldview. Addressed here is Dante’s link to early trecento art; to burgeoning pious art patronage resulting from Purgatorio’s salvific promise; to rising individualism resulting in growing civic identity, the cult of artistic fame, the art of portraiture, and biography as an early art historical methodology; and to an enduring fascination with antiquity, all made palatable and patriotic for later generations by glosses widely known in Commedia incunabula.

Journal: Pedagogy
Published: 2013-01-01
DOI: 10.1215/15314200-1814215
Open Access: Closed
Topics: writing across the curriculum multilingual writers

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Becker (1972)

Individualism in the Early Italian Renaissance: Burden and Blessing

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Marmor (2003)

From Purgatory to Primavera: Some Observations on Botticelli and Dante

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