Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: The Strife of Love in a Dream
ISBN-13:
9780500285497
ISBN-10:
0500285497
Edition:
Reprint
Author:
Joscelyn Godwin, Francesco Colonna
Publication date:
2005
Publisher:
Thames & Hudson
Format:
Paperback
496 pages
Category:
History
,
Architecture
,
History
,
Arts History & Criticism
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ISBN-13:
9780500285497
ISBN-10:
0500285497
Edition:
Reprint
Author:
Joscelyn Godwin, Francesco Colonna
Publication date:
2005
Publisher:
Thames & Hudson
Format:
Paperback
496 pages
Category:
History
,
Architecture
,
History
,
Arts History & Criticism
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Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: The Strife of Love in a Dream (ISBN-13: 9780500285497 and ISBN-10: 0500285497), written by authors
Joscelyn Godwin, Francesco Colonna, was published by Thames & Hudson in 2005.
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One of the most famous books in the world, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, read by every Renaissance intellectual and referred to in studies of art and culture ever since, was first published in English by Thames & Hudson in 1999.It is a strange, pagan, pedantic, erotic, allegorical, mythological romance relating in highly stylized Italian the quest of Poliphilo for his beloved Polia. The author (presumed to be Francesco Colonna, a friar of dubious reputation) was obsessed by architecture, landscape, and costume―it is not going too far to say sexually obsessed―and its 174 woodcuts are a primary source for Renaissance ideas on both buildings and gardens.
In 1592 an attempt was made to produce an English version but the translator gave up. The task has been triumphantly accomplished by Joscelyn Godwin, who succeeds in reproducing all its wayward charm and arcane learning in language accessible to the modern reader. 174 black-and-white illustrations
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