Venus and the Arts of Love in Renaissance Florence

Rebekah Compton (College of Charleston, South Carolina)

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Cambridge University Press
11 March 2021

History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600; Renaissance art; European history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700

In this volume, Rebekah Compton offers the first survey of Venus in the art, culture, and governance of Florence from 1300 to 1600. Organized chronologically, each of the six chapters investigates one of the goddess's alluring attributes – her golden splendor, rosy-hued complexion, enchanting fashions, green gardens, erotic anatomy, and gifts from the sea. By examining these attributes in the context of the visual arts, Compton uncovers an array of materials and techniques employed by artists, patrons, rulers, and lovers to manifest Venusian virtues. Her book explores technical art history in the context of love's protean iconography, showing how different discourses and disciplines can interact in the creation and reception of art. Venus and the Arts of Love in Renaissance Florence offers new insights on sight, seduction, and desire, as well as concepts of gender, sexuality, and viewership from both male and female perspectives in the early modern era.

By: Rebekah Compton (College of Charleston South Carolina)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 260mm, Width: 183mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 780g
ISBN: 9781108842914
ISBN 10: 1108842917
Pages: 292
Publication Date: 11 March 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Golden Splendor: Visions of Venus; 2. Cultivating Complexions: Cleaning and Coloring the Flesh; 3. Sartorial Seduction: Silk, Embroidery, and Venusian Magic; 4. Green Gardens: Venus' Verdant Virtues; 5. Erotic Anatomy: Fantasy, Sex, and Disease; 6. Maritime Treasures: Venus' Gifts from the Sea; Conclusion: Attendant Pleasures.

Rebekah Compton is Associate Professor of Renaissance and Baroque Art History at the College of Charleston, South Carolina. She is a recipient of a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship at Columbia University and a fellow of I Tatti, the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies.

Reviews for Venus and the Arts of Love in Renaissance Florence

'… a compelling method for a broad and inclusive approach to analyzing art as the discipline moves forward in a rapidly evolving academic world.' A. V. Coonin, Choice