Series | Studi e ricerche
Edited book | Libri, storie, persone e parole fra Venezia e la Grecia
Chapter | 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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Submitted: July 23, 2024 | Accepted: Aug. 12, 2024 | Published Oct. 31, 2024 | Language: it

Keywords Cyriacus of AnconaRenaissanceGreek antiquitiesIconographyHypnerotomachia Poliphili


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