Description:The author discusses satire, parody, irony, travesty, and burlesque, drawing parallels with Castiglione's book of the Courtier and the tradition of servio ludere, and finds sources for Renaissance playfulness in Ovid and Lucian. He relates the themes of Italian art to the literature of the period, in Italy and in the North, including the works of Lorenzo de' Medici Berni, Folengo, and Aretino as well as Erasmus, Rabelais, Montaigne, and Shakespeare.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Infinite Jest: Wit and Humor in Italian Renaissance Art. To get started finding Infinite Jest: Wit and Humor in Italian Renaissance Art, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Infinite Jest: Wit and Humor in Italian Renaissance Art
Description: The author discusses satire, parody, irony, travesty, and burlesque, drawing parallels with Castiglione's book of the Courtier and the tradition of servio ludere, and finds sources for Renaissance playfulness in Ovid and Lucian. He relates the themes of Italian art to the literature of the period, in Italy and in the North, including the works of Lorenzo de' Medici Berni, Folengo, and Aretino as well as Erasmus, Rabelais, Montaigne, and Shakespeare.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Infinite Jest: Wit and Humor in Italian Renaissance Art. To get started finding Infinite Jest: Wit and Humor in Italian Renaissance Art, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.