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Painting in Vernacular

Languages at the Crossroads in Sixteenth-Century Venice

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Abstract

Identifying the questione della lingua as a moment of rupture for the cultural scenario of sixteenth-century Italy, the paper addresses Aretino’s reaction to the anachronistic ideas of Pietro Bembo, which urge the author to promote a language derived from the experience of nature, in contrast with tradition. In such context, the Tuscan writer finds in Titian’s style his pictorial counterpart. An analysis of the principles that characterize the naturalistic poetics adopted by both painter and poet leads to a mutual comparison of Aretino’s Humanità di Christo and Titian’s depiction of Magdalen, where words and brushstrokes tend towards each other.


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Presentato: 01 Ottobre 2024 | Pubblicato 11 Dicembre 2024 | Lingua: en

Keywords Aretino • Style • Language • Titian • Nature

Copyright © 2024 Andrea Golfetto. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-878-1/001


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