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catalog abstract "Titian's great late painting of Apollo and Marsyas has been included in several recent exhibitions of Venetian painting in Europe and the United States. In this study, art historian Edith Wyss sheds light on the perception of the theme in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Renaissance artists knew several outstanding antique sculptures representing the myth and drew often on these prestigious models for inspiration. Only from the third decade of the sixteenth century onward did autonomous artistic interpretations of the myth assert themselves. Among the artists who devoted their skills to this myth are Perugino, Raphael, and several of his followers - Giulio Romano, Parmigianino, Bronzino, Salviati, Tintoretto, and Titian. Wyss demonstrates that some depictions encode messages that transcend the obvious exhortation against pride. Taking their cue from a popular edition of the Metamorphoses, some patrons and artists viewed the myth as an allegory of the revelation of truth. Others, following Pythagorean teachings, perceived the sun god's lyre music as the music of the spheres. In this perception, Apollo's victory assures the continued harmonious functioning of the universe, and Marsyas's defiance of the sun god's authority called for the severest retribution. In a few instances the author demonstrates that the Pythagorean allegorical reading of the myth was borrowed for political ends, with Apollo's victorious lyre standing as metaphor for the supposedly harmonious government of the ruling power. The discussion allows the Marsyas myth to unfold in a theme of extraordinary richness and depth and touches on issues that were at the core of the Renaissance culture.".
catalog contributor b9190934.
catalog created "c1996.".
catalog date "1996".
catalog date "c1996.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
catalog description "1. The Marsyas Myth and Its Representations in Antiquity -- 2. The Ancient Symbolism of the Myth -- 3. The Survival of the Myth and Its Meaning from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance -- 4. The Augustan Intaglio Gem: Copies, Variants, Inspirations -- 5. The Influence of Classical Marsyas Sculptures -- 6. Marsyas Scenes from a Roman Ceiling Borrowed for Renaissance Palace Decorations -- 7. The Woodcut Illustration of the Ovidio vulgare of 1497 and Its Influence -- 8. Iconographic Inventions of the Second Quarter of the Cinquecento -- 9. Venetian Depictions of the Myth from Mid Century -- 10. The Marsyas Myth in the Era of the Counter-Reformation -- 11. Titian's Flaying of Marsyas -- Appendix: List of the Italian Representations of the Marsyas Myth c. 1460-1575".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-177) and index.".
catalog description "Titian's great late painting of Apollo and Marsyas has been included in several recent exhibitions of Venetian painting in Europe and the United States. In this study, art historian Edith Wyss sheds light on the perception of the theme in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Renaissance artists knew several outstanding antique sculptures representing the myth and drew often on these prestigious models for inspiration. Only from the third decade of the sixteenth century onward did autonomous artistic interpretations of the myth assert themselves. Among the artists who devoted their skills to this myth are Perugino, Raphael, and several of his followers - Giulio Romano, Parmigianino, Bronzino, Salviati, Tintoretto, and Titian. Wyss demonstrates that some depictions encode messages that transcend the obvious exhortation against pride. Taking their cue from a popular edition of the Metamorphoses, some patrons and artists viewed the myth as an allegory of the revelation of truth. Others, following Pythagorean teachings, perceived the sun god's lyre music as the music of the spheres. In this perception, Apollo's victory assures the continued harmonious functioning of the universe, and Marsyas's defiance of the sun god's authority called for the severest retribution. In a few instances the author demonstrates that the Pythagorean allegorical reading of the myth was borrowed for political ends, with Apollo's victorious lyre standing as metaphor for the supposedly harmonious government of the ruling power. The discussion allows the Marsyas myth to unfold in a theme of extraordinary richness and depth and touches on issues that were at the core of the Renaissance culture.".
catalog extent "182 p. :".
catalog identifier "0874135400 (alk. paper)".
catalog issued "1996".
catalog issued "c1996.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses,".
catalog spatial "Italy.".
catalog subject "704.9/48913/094509024 20".
catalog subject "Apollo (Deity) Art.".
catalog subject "Apollo (Greek deity) Art.".
catalog subject "Art, Italian.".
catalog subject "Art, Renaissance Italy.".
catalog subject "Marsyas (Greek deity) Art.".
catalog subject "N7763.M35 W97 1996".
catalog tableOfContents "1. The Marsyas Myth and Its Representations in Antiquity -- 2. The Ancient Symbolism of the Myth -- 3. The Survival of the Myth and Its Meaning from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance -- 4. The Augustan Intaglio Gem: Copies, Variants, Inspirations -- 5. The Influence of Classical Marsyas Sculptures -- 6. Marsyas Scenes from a Roman Ceiling Borrowed for Renaissance Palace Decorations -- 7. The Woodcut Illustration of the Ovidio vulgare of 1497 and Its Influence -- 8. Iconographic Inventions of the Second Quarter of the Cinquecento -- 9. Venetian Depictions of the Myth from Mid Century -- 10. The Marsyas Myth in the Era of the Counter-Reformation -- 11. Titian's Flaying of Marsyas -- Appendix: List of the Italian Representations of the Marsyas Myth c. 1460-1575".
catalog title "The myth of Apollo and Marsyas in the art of the Italian Renaissance : an inquiry into the meaning of images / Edith Wyss.".
catalog type "Art. fast".
catalog type "text".