{"product_id":"on-the-importance-of-being-an-individual-in-renaissance-italy-9780812246711","title":"On the Importance of Being an Individual in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn recent decades, scholars have vigorously revised Jacob Burckhardt''s notion that the free, untrammeled, and essentially modern Western individual emerged in Renaissance Italy. Douglas Biow does not deny the strong cultural and historical constraints that placed limits on identity formation in the early modern period. Still, as he contends in this witty, reflective, and generously illustrated book, the category of the individual was important and highly complex for a variety of men in this particular time and place, for both those who belonged to the elite and those who aspired to be part of it.\u003cbr\u003eBiow explores the individual in light of early modern Italy''s new patronage systems, educational programs, and work opportunities in the context of an increased investment in professionalization, the changing status of artisans and artists, and shifting attitudes about the ideology of work, fashion, and etiquette. He turns his attention to figures familiar (Benvenuto Cellini, Baldass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An elegant, erudite, and polemical book that most assuredly makes an important contribution to the literature on Renaissance individuality and male identity.\" * James R. Farr, Purdue University *\u003cbr\u003e\"Douglas Biow offers a spirited and refreshing account of the ways Renaissance men carved out space for individuality over against the norms of their professions and communities.\" * John Jeffries Martin, Duke University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e ART I. PROFESSIONALISM\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Professionally Speaking: The Value of \u003ci\u003eArs\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eArte\u003c\/i\u003e in Renaissance Italy—Reflections on the Historical Reach of \u003ci\u003eTechne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Reflections on Professions and Humanism in Renaissance Italy and the Humanities Today\u003cbr\u003e PART II. MAVERICKS\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Constructing a Maverick Physician in Print: Reflections on the Peculiar Case of Leonardo Fioravanti's Writings\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Visualizing Cleanliness, Visualizing Washerwomen in Venice and Renaissance Italy: Reflections on the Peculiar Case of Jacopo Tintoretto's \u003ci\u003eJews in the Desert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART III. BEARDS\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Facing the Day: Reflections on a Sudden Change in Fashion and the Magisterial Beard\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Manly Matters: Reflections on Giordano Bruno's \u003ci\u003eCandelaio\u003c\/i\u003e and the Theatrical and Social Function of Beards in Sixteenth-Century Italy\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405724787031,"sku":"9780812246711","price":52.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812246711.jpg?v=1730493401","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/on-the-importance-of-being-an-individual-in-renaissance-italy-9780812246711","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}