James Grantham Turner (Berkeley University of California)

Gebundenes Buch

The Villa Farnesina

Beschreibung

This book restores the original vision of the beloved Villa Farnesina-a Palace of Venus celebrating aesthetic, social and erotic pleasure, set among lush gardens with fountains, grotto, pool and banqueting-pavilion, now vanished. It will appeal to in scholars interested in Renaissance art, architecture and history.

Autor

James Grantham Turner is James D. Hart Professor in the Department of English at the University of California, Berkeley. A scholar of unusual range who brings together literature, art, the environment, cultural and intellectual history, and gender and sexuality, he is the author of eight books, including the Politics of Landscape and Eros Visible, the latter cited for its 'extraordinary vitality' and as a 'most important' contribution to Renaissance Studies. Turner has won fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the National Endowment for the Humanities, among others.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 516
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 286mm x 221mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 2026g
• ISBN-13: 9781316511015
• ISBN-10: 1316511014
• Artikelnr.: 64197291