Title: Sweetness and Strength: The Reception of Michelangelo in Late Victorian England
Abstract: 18th century overture - introduction. Part 1 as text: lives, letters and love poems - 19th century resurrection of Renaissance texts and manuscripts Petrarchism and Platonism -Michelangelo's poetry in England much meaning into so little room - as translation. Part 2 as line: from private to public - drawings in England critical response to Michelangelo's drawings in Victorian England Michelangelo would sniff contemptuously at me, I know - and Burne-Jones. Part 3 and Petrarchan lover: 16th century sources on friendship between and Vittoria Colonna poems, portraits and passions - 19th century romance between and Vittoria Colonna pity, passion and pathos -Michelangelo as devout Christian. Part 4 as platonic lover: 16th century sources on friendship between and Tommaso Cavalieri the love that dare not speak its name - as patron saint of sexual inversion from insanity of genius to intermediate sex - case of in some post-Darwinian writings.
Publication Year: 1998
Publication Date: 1998-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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