On the importance of being an individual in Renaissance Italy : men, their professions, and their beards /
Arguing that the notion of individuality is central to understanding Renaissance Italy, Douglas Biow examines the ways that men of the period asserted their individuated selves, such as becoming masters of an art, creating a signature professional style or voice, or asserting themselves through a di...
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2015.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Haney Foundation series.
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Professionally Speaking: The Value of Ars and Arte in Renaissance Italy--Reflections on the Historical Reach of Techne
- Chapter 2. Reflections on Professions and Humanism in Renaissance Italy and the Humanities Today
- Chapter 3. Constructing a Maverick Physician in Print: Reflections on the Peculiar Case of Leonardo Fioravanti's Writings
- Chapter 4. Visualizing Cleanliness, Visualizing Washerwomen in Venice and Renaissance Italy: Reflections on the Peculiar Case of Jacopo Tintoretto's Jews in the Desert
- Chapter 5. Facing the Day: Reflections on a Sudden Change in Fashion and the Magisterial Beard
- Chapter 6. Manly Matters: Reflections on Giordano Bruno's Candelaio, and the Theatrical and Social Function of Beards in Sixteenth-Century Italy
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments.