Perspectives on the Renaissance Medal: Portrait Medals of the Renaissance

by Scher,Stephen K.

• ISBN13: 9780815320746
• ISBN10: 0815320744
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The papers published in this book were delivered at two conferences held in conjunction with the exhibition,The Currency of Fame: Portrait Medals of the Renaissance

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. VII
Preface	p. IX
An Introduction to the Renaissance Portrait Medal	p. 1
Pisanello's Paragoni	p. 27
Visual Constructions of the Art of War: Images for Machiavelli's Prince	p. 47
"Un Gran Pelago": The Impresa and the Medal Reverse in Fifteenth-Century Italy	p. 75
"The Modern Lysippus": A Roman Quattrocento Medalist in Context	p. 97
Changing Patterns of Antiquarianism in the Imagery of the Italian Renaissance Medal	p. 115
Mint and Medal in the Renaissance	p. 137
Text and Image	p. 149
Giovanni Bernardi and the Question of Medal Attribution in Sixteenth-Century Italy	p. 165
A Creative Moment: Thoughts on the Genesis of the German Portrait Medal	p. 177
Classical Subjects on Erzgebirge Medals	p. 201
Correct and Incorrect: The Composition of Medallic Reverses in Late-Seventeenth-Century France	p. 221
Index	p. 237
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