Learning through Images in the Italian Renaissance

Autorentext

Federico Botana is an art historian who specialises in the art of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Italy. Previous publications include The Works of Mercy in Italian Medieval Art (2012) and several academic articles on illuminated manuscripts. His main research interest concerns the didactic uses of images, especially manuscript illustrations and mural painting.

Zusammenfassung
The role played by images in the education of the young in past cultures is still a little-explored subject. This book contributes to filling the gap by demonstrating in detail how illustrated manuscripts provided education to children and adolescents in Renaissance Florence on subjects ranging from morals to mathematics.

Inhalt

Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Editorial note; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Two youths; 3. Mental images; 4. Virtues, sins, and the senses in the fior di virtù; 5. Serving the state in the fior di virtù; 6. Dealing with others in the esopo volgarizzato; 7. The flesh in the fior di virtù and the esopo volgarizzato; 8. Mathematics, body, form, and metaphor in libri d'abbaco; 9. The cosmos in goro dati's sfera; 10. Navigation and geography in the sfera; 11. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.