Francesco Colonna:2000140Francesco Colonna: Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, the Strife of Love in a Dream. London: Thames and Hudson 1999. xix + 474 pp, ISBN: 0 500 01924 8 £42.00

2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 34-35
Author(s):  
Stuart James
2002 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 1222-1258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosemary Trippe

Illustration and text in theHypnerotomachia Poliphili(Venice, 1499) have been long considered intricately related yet the book's ornate, invented language has made study of such interaction difficult. This essay reconsiders their connections through a close analysis of two woodcuts and accompanying text in light of the poetical-rhetorical conventions of contemporary Petrarchan imitation in Italy. This reveals how Francesco Colonna visually and textually adapted, in a playful way, traditional subjects of vernacular lyric poetry: the beauty of the poet's beloved, and the lover's own emotions, characterized through metaphor and other tropes.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josh London

This paper reflects on the philosophical traditions that would enable the artistic integration of Classical themes and values into the cultural-climate of Quattrocento and 15th century Europe. I posit that Dante’s Divine Comedy leverages the philosophical legacy of Averroes to reconcile Classical and Christian value-systems, subordinating the creative and cultural accomplishments of the former in anagogical service to the ethical and theological revelations of the latter. I argue that this project of philosophical synthesis exerts a direct influence on the intellectual and aesthetic contours of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, a late 15th century text attributed to one Francesco Colonna.


Author(s):  
Mariana Sverlij

En la Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (Venecia, 1499), Polifilo recorre, en sueños, distintos espacios caracterizados por la presencia de culturas pretéritas representadas, fundamentalmente, a partir de sus lenguas y  de sus creaciones arquitectónicas. De allí que su recorrido onírico pueda pensarse como un viaje hacia la antigüedad. En el presente trabajo, indagamos en las peculiaridades de esta elaboración del mundo antiguo que, en los albores del siglo XVI, ofrece el libro de Colonna. Seguiremos para ello tres modos en que el texto y los grabados representan la antigüedad: como (1) ruina, (2) como sueño (3) y como espacio híbrido.


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