Susan Gaylard
Biographic Data
| ID | 4140630 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan Gaylard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan |
| FAMILY NAME | Gaylard |
| SIGNATURE | GAYLARD S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Washington |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Machiavelli's Medical Mandragola
This article argues that the medical discourse of Machiavelli's “Mandragola” is profoundly important both for understanding the play and for revisiting its author's philosophical and political writings. I show that discussions in “Mandragola” of doctors, medicine, eating, and elimination ultimately break down the traditional paradigm that opposes truth, nourishment, and healing to deception, problematic food, and illness. The play's extended disc…
On the Importance of Being an Individual in Renaissance Italy
Douglas Biow’s latest contribution to early modern historiography brings new life to a category that has remained deeply unfashionable since the problematization of Burckhardt’s nineteenth-century
De mulieribus claris and the Disappearance of Women from Illustrated Print Biographies
Re-Envisioning the Ancients
Ghirlandaio's 1483 Florentine frescoes depict a series of republican Roman heroes, in support of Lorenzo de' Medici's princely government. In a similar vein, Pontano's 1468 De principe proposes an unbroken line of heroic exemplars, in which the young prince Alfonso must play his part. Pontano's letter suggests that the past is visually accessible: by gazing upon written histories, the prince will be spurred to a bodily reproduction of ancient act…
Castiglione vs. Cicero
The political message of Castiglione's Cortegiano, first published in 1528, seems to bear little resemblance to that of its formal model, Cicero's De Oratore. While Cicero's ideal republican orator is actively engaged in political debate, Castiglione's courtier is in many respects an entertainer: removed from the possibility of civic engagement, the courtier's most obvious attributes are aesthetic. Despite these differences, Castiglione opens the…
Naked' truth
Machiavelli's Medical Mandragola
This article argues that the medical discourse of Machiavelli's “Mandragola” is profoundly important both for understanding the play and for revisiting its author's philosophical and political writings. I show that discussions in “Mandragola” of doctors, medicine, eating, and elimination ultimately break down the traditional paradigm that opposes truth, nourishment, and healing to deception, problematic food, and illness. The play's extended disc…
Naked' truth
Re-Envisioning the Ancients
Ghirlandaio's 1483 Florentine frescoes depict a series of republican Roman heroes, in support of Lorenzo de' Medici's princely government. In a similar vein, Pontano's 1468 De principe proposes an unbroken line of heroic exemplars, in which the young prince Alfonso must play his part. Pontano's letter suggests that the past is visually accessible: by gazing upon written histories, the prince will be spurred to a bodily reproduction of ancient act…
Castiglione vs. Cicero
The political message of Castiglione's Cortegiano, first published in 1528, seems to bear little resemblance to that of its formal model, Cicero's De Oratore. While Cicero's ideal republican orator is actively engaged in political debate, Castiglione's courtier is in many respects an entertainer: removed from the possibility of civic engagement, the courtier's most obvious attributes are aesthetic. Despite these differences, Castiglione opens the…
De mulieribus claris and the Disappearance of Women from Illustrated Print Biographies
On the Importance of Being an Individual in Renaissance Italy
Douglas Biow’s latest contribution to early modern historiography brings new life to a category that has remained deeply unfashionable since the problematization of Burckhardt’s nineteenth-century
Machiavelli's Medical Mandragola
This article argues that the medical discourse of Machiavelli's “Mandragola” is profoundly important both for understanding the play and for revisiting its author's philosophical and political writings. I show that discussions in “Mandragola” of doctors, medicine, eating, and elimination ultimately break down the traditional paradigm that opposes truth, nourishment, and healing to deception, problematic food, and illness. The play's extended disc…
Renaissance and Early Modern Studies (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Art history (5 works) · History (4 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Classics (3 works)