Ita Mac Carthy
Biographic Data
| ID | 693793 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ita Mac Carthy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ita |
| FAMILY NAME | Mac Carthy |
| SIGNATURE | MAC CARTHY I |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1909-6615 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Une danse de funambule Transpositions in art, text, and language
The Grace of the Italian Renaissance
‘Grace’ emerges as a keyword in the culture and society of sixteenth-century Italy. This book explores how it conveys and connects the most pressing ethical, social and aesthetic concerns of an age concerned with the reactivation of ancient ideas in a changing world. The book reassesses artists such as Francesco del Cossa, Raphael, and Michelangelo and explores anew writers like Castiglione, Ariosto, Tullia d'Aragona, and Vittoria Colonna. It sho…
Grace of the Italian Renaissance
Grace" emerges as a keyword in the culture and society of sixteenth-century Italy. The Grace of the Italian Renaissance explores how it conveys and connects the most pressing ethical, social and aesthetic concerns of an age concerned with the reactivation of ancient ideas in a changing world. The book reassesses artists such as Francesco del Cossa, Raphael and Michelangelo and explores anew writers like Castiglione, Ariosto, Tullia d'Aragona and …
Ariosto’s Grace
Ariosto’s Grace:The View from Lodovico Dolce Ita Mac Carthy (bio) I will try not ... to flee from the complex reality of the text in search of definitions but rather to adhere to it as far as possible. I will, in short, start not from disembodied ideas ... but from the materials of which literary texts are made, that is, the words themselves (Saccone, “Grazia, Affettazione, Sprezzatura” 47). In 1557, Lodovico Dolce (c.1508–68) proclaimed grace to…
Marfisa and Gender Performance in the Orlando Furioso
This essay argues against the traditional perception of the character of Marfisa in the Orlando furioso as a straightforward symbol of women's agency and as a pro-woman gesture in the contemporary querelle des femmes. It looks first at the success of her performance of masculinity in the romance epic and then at the way this is undermined by Ariosto's comical reminder of her anatomical difference/lack. This characteristic narrative ambivalence, I…
Alcina's Island
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Alcina's Island
Marfisa and Gender Performance in the Orlando Furioso
This essay argues against the traditional perception of the character of Marfisa in the Orlando furioso as a straightforward symbol of women's agency and as a pro-woman gesture in the contemporary querelle des femmes. It looks first at the success of her performance of masculinity in the romance epic and then at the way this is undermined by Ariosto's comical reminder of her anatomical difference/lack. This characteristic narrative ambivalence, I…
Ariosto’s Grace
Ariosto’s Grace:The View from Lodovico Dolce Ita Mac Carthy (bio) I will try not ... to flee from the complex reality of the text in search of definitions but rather to adhere to it as far as possible. I will, in short, start not from disembodied ideas ... but from the materials of which literary texts are made, that is, the words themselves (Saccone, “Grazia, Affettazione, Sprezzatura” 47). In 1557, Lodovico Dolce (c.1508–68) proclaimed grace to…
Grace of the Italian Renaissance
Grace" emerges as a keyword in the culture and society of sixteenth-century Italy. The Grace of the Italian Renaissance explores how it conveys and connects the most pressing ethical, social and aesthetic concerns of an age concerned with the reactivation of ancient ideas in a changing world. The book reassesses artists such as Francesco del Cossa, Raphael and Michelangelo and explores anew writers like Castiglione, Ariosto, Tullia d'Aragona and …
The Grace of the Italian Renaissance
‘Grace’ emerges as a keyword in the culture and society of sixteenth-century Italy. This book explores how it conveys and connects the most pressing ethical, social and aesthetic concerns of an age concerned with the reactivation of ancient ideas in a changing world. The book reassesses artists such as Francesco del Cossa, Raphael, and Michelangelo and explores anew writers like Castiglione, Ariosto, Tullia d'Aragona, and Vittoria Colonna. It sho…
Une danse de funambule Transpositions in art, text, and language
Art (4 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Renaissance and Early Modern Studies (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Early Modern Spanish Literature (2 works) · Poetry (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)