Hollow Men : Writing, Objects, and Public Image in Renaissance Italy [1 ed.] 9780823251759, 9780823251742

This book relates developments in the visual arts and printing to humanist theories of literary and bodily imitation, br

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Hollow Men : Writing, Objects, and Public Image in Renaissance Italy [1 ed.]
9780823251759, 9780823251742

Analyzes texts and art objects from the 15th to the late 16th centuries to show that Renaissance theories of emulating c

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