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Reference:
Makarova, N. I.
Allegoric Portrait of the Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici
in the Image of Orpheus
// Culture and Art.
2011. № 3.
URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=58274
Makarova, N. I. Allegoric Portrait of the Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici
in the Image of Orpheus
Abstract:
The article is devoted to the analysis of an
allegoric portrait of the Duke Cosimo I de’Medici featured
as Orpheus (artwork by Agnolo Bronzino). Being an
example of a man in love and a founder of orphism,
for Marsilio Ficino and his followers Orpheus became
a symbol of wisdom teaching people a virtuous and
beneficial to society life. The author of the article makes
a suggestion that Plato’s Symposium influenced creation
of the portrait. Florentine humanist Cosimo Bartoli is
viewed as a potential author of the iconography version
of the portrait.
Keywords:
cultural studies, Renaissance, Duke Cosimo I de’Medici, Orpheus, the Symposium by Plato, fi ne arts, humanism, neoplatonism, harmony.
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