Author: Ludovico Lazzarelli
Publisher: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS)
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 376

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Author: Arthur J. DiFuria
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004462066
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 884

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This volume examines how and why many early modern pictures operate in an ekphrastic mode.

Author: Wouter J. Hanegraaff
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521196213
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 479

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The neglected history of how intellectuals since the Renaissance have approached ideas of the occult which challenged biblical religion.

Author: Matteo Soranzo
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004416161
Category : Poetry
Languages : la
Pages : 359

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The first in-depth study of the life and works of Augurello, Italian alchemist, poet and art connoisseur from the time of Giorgione.

Author: Marieke J.E. van den Doel
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004459685
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 390

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Did the Florentine philosopher Marsilio Ficino (1433-99) influence the art of his time? This book starts with an exploration of Ficino’s views on the imagination and discusses whether, how and why these ideas may have been received in Italian Renaissance works of art.

Author: Douglas Hedley
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402064071
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 293

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This collection of essays offers an overview of the range and breadth of Platonic philosophy in the early modern period. It examines philosophers of Platonic tradition, such as Cusanus, Ficino, and Cudworth. The book also addresses the impact of Platonism on major philosophers of the period, especially Descartes, Leibniz, Locke, Shaftesbury and Berkeley.

Author: Christina Neilson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107172853
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 367

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Verrocchio worked in an extraordinarily wide array of media and used unusual practices of making to express ideas.

Author: Wouter J. Hanegraaff
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441188975
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 225

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Western esotericism has been a pervasive presence in Western culture from late antiquity to the present day, but until recently it was largely ignored by scholars and surrounded by misconceptions and prejudice. This accessible guide provides readers with the basic knowledge and tools that will allow them to find their way in this bewildering but fascinating field. What is it that unites phenomena as diverse as ancient gnosticism and hermetism, the "occult sciences" of astrology, alchemy, and magic, rosicrucianism, as well as Christian theosophy, occultism, spiritualism, and the contemporary New Age spiritualities? What can the study of them teach us about our common cultural and intellectual heritage, and what is it that makes them relevant to contemporary concerns? How do we distinguish reliable historical knowledge from legends and fictions about esoteric traditions? These and many other questions are answered clearly and succinctly, so that the reader can find his way into the labyrinth of Western esotericism and out of it again.

Author: Wouter J. Hanegraaff
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004378936
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 598

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Recent years have seen a spectacular rise of the New Age movement and an ever-increasing interest in its beliefs and manifestations. This fascinating work presents the first-ever comprehensive analysis of New Age Religion and its historical backgrounds, thus providing the reader with a means of orientation in the bewildering variety of the movement. Making extensive use of primary sources, the author thematically analyses New Age beliefs from the perspective of the study of religions. While looking at the historical backgrounds of the movement, he convincingly argues that its foundations were laid by so-called western esoteric traditions during the Renaissance. Hanegraaff finally shows how the modern New Age movement emerged from the increasing secularization of those esoteric traditions during the 19th century. This ground-breaking publication is compulsive reading for all those involved or interested in the New Age movement.

Author: Marco Sgarbi
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3319141694
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 3618

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Gives accurate and reliable summaries of the current state of research. It includes entries on philosophers, problems, terms, historical periods, subjects and the cultural context of Renaissance Philosophy. Furthermore, it covers Latin, Arabic, Jewish, Byzantine and vernacular philosophy, and includes entries on the cross-fertilization of these philosophical traditions. A unique feature of this encyclopedia is that it does not aim to define what Renaissance philosophy is, rather simply to cover the philosophy of the period between 1300 and 1650.