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Cellini's Perseus and Medusa and the Loggia dei Lanzi : configurations of the body of state / by Christine Corretti.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Corretti, Christine
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
Series:	Art and material culture in Medieval and Renaissance Europe ; v. 4.
Subjects:	Cellini, Benvenuto, > 1500-1571. > Perseus. Cellini, Benvenuto, > 1500-1571 > Criticism and interpretation. Gorgons (Greek mythology) in art. Art > Political aspects > Italy > Florence. Florence (Italy) > Politics and government > 1421-1737. Cellini, Benvenuto, > 1500-1571. Perseus (Cellini, Benvenuto) Art > Political aspects. Politics and government. Italy > Florence. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

The story of Perseus and Medusa, an interpretation of its meaning, and the topos of decapitation
Cellini's Perseus and Medusa: the paradigm of control
Renaissance political theory and paradoxes of power
The goddess as other and same
The sexual symbolism of the Perseus and Medusa
The public face of justice
Classical and grotesque polities
Eleonora di Toledo and the image of the mother goddess.