Love's sweet poison : a new reading of Bronzino's London Allegory

Author

Gaston, Robert W.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

I Tatti studies. 1991, Vol. 4, 249-288, [9] p. of pl., 14 ill.

ISSN

0393-5949

Abstract (en)

Raises methodological issues concerning the interpretation of Bronzino's Allegory (London, National Gallery) by Panofsky and others, and reinterprets the painting in light of Bronzino's activity as a poet, his familiarity with contemporary vernacular poetry, and his response to its challenge to visual representation; suggests that the picture may have to do with Bronzino's relationship to Varchi and his wish to surpass Michelangelo's Venus and Cupid, painted by Pontormo (Florence, Uffizi), with a representation showing the artist's mastery of the language of poetic love.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Italy
• Bronzino, Agnolo, 1503-1572
• Painting
• Italy
• 1500-1600
• Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time
• National Gallery||London (GBR)
• Venus and Cupid
• Galleria degli Uffizi||Firenze (ITA)
• Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564
• Varchi, Benedetto, 1503-1565
• Panofsky, Erwin, 1892-1968
• Writings
• Poetry

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Italie
• Bronzino, Agnolo, 1503-1572
• Peinture
• Italie
• 1500-1600
• Vénus, Cupidon, la Folie et le Temps
• National Gallery||London (GBR)
• Vénus et Amour
• Galleria degli Uffizi||Firenze (ITA)
• Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564
• Varchi, Benedetto, 1503-1565
• Panofsky, Erwin, 1892-1968
• Ecrits
• Poésie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19921001-00429985

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