Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 21222
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Simons , Patricia
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  • Title: Separating the Men from the Boys: Masculinites in Early Quattrocento Florence and Donatello's "Saint George" [Nineteenth and twentieth century scholars projected an idealized masculinity onto Renaissance Florence. Seen from this viewpoint, Donatello's "Saint George" is an idealized young man just entering maturity. The supposed display of manly self control fits in with ideals of masculinity described by humanists like Leonardo Bruni. This, however, involves rejecting alternative evidence showing how homoerotic desire and nostalgia for lost youth were projected onto the same image by some Florentines. Title note supplied by Feminae.]
  • Source: Rituals, Images, and Words: Varieties of Cultural Expression in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe.  Edited by F. W. Kent and Charles ZikaLate Medieval Early Modern Studies.  Brepols, 2005.  Pages 147 - 176.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Art History- Sculpture Bruni, Leonardo - HumanistDonatello, Artist- Saint George Florence George, Martyr and Saint Historiography Humanism Masculinity
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  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 15
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  • Illustrations: Three illustrations. Figure 1 - Donatello, Saint George in its architectural framework. Figures 2 and 3 -Donatello's Saint George, close-ups.
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  • Year of Publication: 2005.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: Not Available