Sublime Truth and the Senses: Titian's “Poesie” for King Philip II of Spain. Marie Tanner. London: Harvey Miller, 2018. 232 pp. €110

Subsections include the nobility of the human body, virtues and vices, mystical ascent via ecstasy, Habsburg connections to the Order of the Golden Fleece, constellations and ethics, cosmic kingship, justice and charity, the Calumny of Apelles, Habsburg hegemony, defense of the faith, scientific ast...

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Published inRenaissance quarterly Vol. 74; no. 1; pp. 251 - 253
Main Author Lisot-Nelson, Elizabeth A.
Format Journal Article Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Cambridge University Press 01.04.2021
Subjects
Bible
Christianity
Ethics
Feminism
Ideology
Mythology
Postmodernism
Renaissance period
Spirituality
Spain
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Summary:Subsections include the nobility of the human body, virtues and vices, mystical ascent via ecstasy, Habsburg connections to the Order of the Golden Fleece, constellations and ethics, cosmic kingship, justice and charity, the Calumny of Apelles, Habsburg hegemony, defense of the faith, scientific astronomy and Catholicism, Andromeda (a personification of beleaguered Christianity) and the Holy Land, and universal rule. Evidence for the interpretive analysis is richly illustrated with colorful reproductions ranging from Burgundian manuscript illuminations to Roman sarcophagi, from medals to wood cuts, from terrestrial and celestial maps to Velázquez's Las Hilanderas (1657). The breadth of coverage reveals a lifetime of research on the topic, explained by the author as beginning when she took a seminar with Panofsky in New York at the Institute of Fine Arts a half century ago.
ISSN:0034-4338
1935-0236
DOI:10.1017/rqx.2020.337