Le declinazioni della Historia
Figure della cultura filosofica, letteraria, storico-artistica nel Seicento e nel Settecento

The essays contained in this book present new explorations of 17th century English natural philosophy and new reflections on the centrality of the portrait in relation to Historia-a term rooted in its broad classical meaning encompassing research, examination and critical analysis. Unpublished works and documents expand our knowledge of male and female artists; recomposed sets of family portraits shed light on diachronic changes in the celebration of genealogical glories; poetic encomiums characterize the tempered Arcadian exaltation of the qualities of the subjects by literati and painters; literary portraits bring back into the dynastic fold the famous general Eugene of Savoy-Soissons.

Michela Di Macco

Buy the ebook from an our partner's store