86 Palma Vecchio, Fortrait of a Poet (1520–25)

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TitlePortrait of a Poet

Creator namePalma, Jacopo, il vecchio

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1520–1525

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions33 x 25 in. (83.8 x 63.5 cm)

LocationNational Gallery, London

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/palma-vecchio-portrait-of-a-poet

Accession numberNG636

SubjectsPortrait painting, RenaissancePoets in artEuropean poetry--Renaissance, 1450-1600

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7. Painting and Poetry

Francis Ames-Lewis

The Intellectual Life of the Early Renaissance Artist

The paragone between painting and sculpture was an issue that increasingly concerned Renaissance writers on art. Whether a painting could communicate expressive meaning as effectively and as affectingly as a poem had, however, been a recurrent theme in intellectual debate from at least the time of Dante. In his celebrated comment on Giotto’s new ascendancy over Cimabue in Purgatorio XI, Dante makes a clear comparison between these two painters and the two great poets of …

Author

Francis Ames-Lewis

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.163-176

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00147.009

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-13904&redirecttoanchor=8215

Chapter subject tags:European poetry--Renaissance, 1450-1600Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472. De pictura. EnglishCastiglione, Baldassarre, conte, 1478-1529Painting, Renaissance--ItalySculpture, Renaissance--Italy

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