Abstract
The Renaissance is generally regarded as the spark of modernity, as a new beginning and "discovery of the world and man" after the Middle Ages.
On the basis of forty exhibits, ranging from Vasari's vitae to diagrammatic book illustrations to the famous portrait of Rubens as the new Apelles, the question of which different ideas of the Renaissance were realized in text and image are explored.
The attempts to visualize such temporal models range from historical tables to allegorical scenes and artist portraits to flow charts. In these pictorial forms of representation, Renaissance narratives are articulated and condensed.
On the basis of forty exhibits, ranging from Vasari's vitae to diagrammatic book illustrations to the famous portrait of Rubens as the new Apelles, the question of which different ideas of the Renaissance were realized in text and image are explored.
The attempts to visualize such temporal models range from historical tables to allegorical scenes and artist portraits to flow charts. In these pictorial forms of representation, Renaissance narratives are articulated and condensed.
| Translated title of the contribution | What was Renaissance?: Images of a narrative form from Vasari to Panofsky |
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| Original language | German |
| Place of Publication | Passau |
| Publisher | Dietmar Klinger Verlag |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-86328-121-2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |