21 research outputs found
A knowing likeness: artists and letterati at the Farnese Court in mid Sixteenth-Century Rome
Book synopsis: Jill Kraye, Professor Emerita of the Warburg Institute, is renowned internationally for her scholarship on Renaissance philosophy and humanism. This volume pays tribute to her achievements with essays by friends, colleagues, and doctoral students—all leading scholars—on subjects as diverse as her work. Articles on canonical figures such as Marsilio Ficino and Justus Lipsius mix with more quirky pieces on alphabetic play and the Hippocratic aphorisms. Many chapters seek to bridge the divide between humanism and philosophy, including David Lines's survey of the way fifteenth-century humanists actually defined philosophy and Brian Copenhaver's polemical essay against the concept of humanist philosophy. The volume includes a full bibliography of Professor Kraye's scholarly publications
A neglected papal commission in Naples Cathedral: the tomb of Cardinal Alfonso Carafa
An examination of the tomb monument of Cardinal Carafa in Naples Cathedral (1567-68) by Nanni di Baccio Bigio and Giovanni Domenico Bersaglia, and the unpublished contract of its commission