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Poussin’s Elephant

RICE, LOUISE

Renaissance quarterly, 2017-06, Vol.70 (2), p.548-593 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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Poussin’s Elephant
Autor: RICE, LOUISE
Assuntos: 17th century ; Cultural history ; Diplomacia ; Diplomacy ; Early modern period ; Elephants ; Estilística ; Exhibits ; Exoticism ; Exotismo ; French culture ; Historia cultural ; History ; Painters ; Pintura ; Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) ; Siglo XVII ; Stylistics ; Travel
É parte de: Renaissance quarterly, 2017-06, Vol.70 (2), p.548-593
Descrição: Nicolas Poussin’s “Hannibal Crossing the Alps,” long considered one of his earliest surviving works, is here recognized as a portrait of a historical elephant who visited Rome in 1630 and re-dated accordingly. The article tells the story of this remarkable animal. It traces his passage from South Asia through Portugal, Spain, England, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Italy, and back again to France, and examines his encounters along the way with kings and courtiers, scholars, artists, and traveling showmen, giving insight into the diplomatic and economic uses of exotic animals in early modern Europe. Finally, returning to Poussin, it addresses the implications of the re-dating of the “Hannibal” for our understanding of the painter’s stylistic development and biography.
Editor: Cambridge: University of Chicago Press
Idioma: Inglês

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