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Capitolo | Immagini di antichità greche nell’Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

Immagini di antichità greche nell’Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

Abstract

The incunabulum Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (Venice, 1499) is the most richly illustrated edition ever published by Aldus Manutius, as well as his most enigmatic publishing project. This essay examines the Greek aspect of the Hypnerotomachia, specifically its visual culture based on the illustrations, focusing on four specific motifs, which result that are based on drawings of Greek antiquities, executed by the early traveller Cyriacus of Ancona in Greece (1444-47). This visual influence of the Greek antiquity on the Hypnerotomachia demonstrates the importance of the cultural contacts between Venice and the Greek regions during the Renaissance.


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Presentato: 23 Luglio 2024 | Accettato: 12 Agosto 2024 | Pubblicato 31 Ottobre 2024 | Lingua: it

Keywords Cyriacus of AnconaRenaissanceGreek antiquitiesIconographyHypnerotomachia Poliphili


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