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In the late Renaissance and Early Modern period, man's relationship
to nature changed dramatically. An important part of this change
occurred in the way that beauty was perceived in the natural world
and in the particular features which became privileged objects of
aesthetic gratification. This study explores the shift in aesthetic
attitude towards the mountain that took place between 1450 and
1750. Over the course of these 300 years the mountain transformed
from a fearful and ugly place to one of beauty and splendor.
Accepted scholarly opinion claims that this change took place in
the vernacular literature of the early and mid-18th century. Based
on previously unknown and unstudied material, this volume now
contends that it took place earlier in the Latin literature of the
late Renaissance and Early Modern period. The aesthetic attitude
shift towards the mountain had its catalysts in two broad spheres:
the development of an idea of 'landscape' in the geographical and
artistic traditions of the 16th century on the one hand, and the
increasing amount of scientific and theological investigation
dedicated to the mountain on the other, reaching a pinnacle in the
late 17th and early 18th centuries. The new Latin evidence for the
change in aesthetic attitude towards the mountain unearthed in the
course of this study brings material to light which is relevant for
the current philosophical debate in environmental aesthetics. The
book's concluding chapter shows how understanding the processes
that produced the late Renaissance and Early Modern shift in
aesthetic attitude towards the mountain can reveal important
information about the modern aesthetic appreciation of nature.
Alongside a standard bibliography of primary literature, this
volume also offers an extended annotated bibliography of further
Latin texts on the mountains from the Renaissance and Early Modern
period. This critical bibliography is the first of its kind and
constitutes an essential tool for further study in the field.
In the late Renaissance and Early Modern period, man's relationship
to nature changed dramatically. An important part of this change
occurred in the way that beauty was perceived in the natural world
and in the particular features which became privileged objects of
aesthetic gratification. This study explores the shift in aesthetic
attitude towards the mountain that took place between 1450 and
1750. Over the course of these 300 years the mountain transformed
from a fearful and ugly place to one of beauty and splendor.
Accepted scholarly opinion claims that this change took place in
the vernacular literature of the early and mid-18th century. Based
on previously unknown and unstudied material, this volume now
contends that it took place earlier in the Latin literature of the
late Renaissance and Early Modern period. The aesthetic attitude
shift towards the mountain had its catalysts in two broad spheres:
the development of an idea of 'landscape' in the geographical and
artistic traditions of the 16th century on the one hand, and the
increasing amount of scientific and theological investigation
dedicated to the mountain on the other, reaching a pinnacle in the
late 17th and early 18th centuries. The new Latin evidence for the
change in aesthetic attitude towards the mountain unearthed in the
course of this study brings material to light which is relevant for
the current philosophical debate in environmental aesthetics. The
book's concluding chapter shows how understanding the processes
that produced the late Renaissance and Early Modern shift in
aesthetic attitude towards the mountain can reveal important
information about the modern aesthetic appreciation of nature.
Alongside a standard bibliography of primary literature, this
volume also offers an extended annotated bibliography of further
Latin texts on the mountains from the Renaissance and Early Modern
period. This critical bibliography is the first of its kind and
constitutes an essential tool for further study in the field.
Presenting a range of Neo-Latin poems written by distinguished
classical scholars across Europe from c. 1490 to c. 1900, this
anthology includes a selection of celebrated names in the history
of scholarship. Individual chapters present the Neo-Latin poems
alongside new English translations (usually the first) and
accompanying introductions and commentaries that annotate these
verses for a modern readership, and contextualise them within the
careers of their authors and the history of classical scholarship
in the Renaissance and early modern period. An appealing feature of
Renaissance and early modern Latinity is the composition of fine
Neo-Latin poetry by major classical scholars, and the interface
between this creative work and their scholarly research. In some
cases, the two are actually combined in the same work. In others,
the creative composition and scholarship accompany each other along
parallel tracks, when scholars are moved to write their own verse
in the style of the subjects of their academic endeavours. In still
further cases, early modern scholars produced fine Latin verse as a
result of the act of translation, as they attempted to render
ancient Greek poetry in a fitting poetic form for their
contemporary readers of Latin.
This study provides a critical edition of the Pervigilium Veneris
with a Latin text, translation and commentary. This late-antique
poem, the 'Vigil of Venus', is of unknown date and authorship. It
exists in four heavily corrupted manuscripts, including the Codex
Salmasianus, as part of a collection of later Latin poetry compiled
around the 6th Century AD. Considerable attention has been paid to
the piece since its first edition in the 16th century, largely on
account of its singularity, mysterious origins and enigmatic final
stanza, in which the poet suddenly bursts into the piece lamenting
his 'lost muse'. Despite this scholarly interest, much work
remained to be done in order to arrive at a more solid text of the
poem and a more complete understanding of its meaning. This new
edition, with detailed commentary notes and a full introduction to
the historical and literary contexts of the poem, furthers our
knowledge by offering new perspectives and analysis, incorporating
existing scholarship and reviving ideas that had previously been
set aside.
This study provides a critical edition of the Pervigilium Veneris
with a Latin text, translation and commentary. This late-antique
poem, the 'Vigil of Venus', is of unknown date and authorship. It
exists in four heavily corrupted manuscripts, including the Codex
Salmasianus, as part of a collection of later Latin poetry compiled
around the 6th Century AD. Considerable attention has been paid to
the piece since its first edition in the 16th century, largely on
account of its singularity, mysterious origins and enigmatic final
stanza, in which the poet suddenly bursts into the piece lamenting
his 'lost muse'. Despite this scholarly interest, much work
remained to be done in order to arrive at a more solid text of the
poem and a more complete understanding of its meaning. This new
edition, with detailed commentary notes and a full introduction to
the historical and literary contexts of the poem, furthers our
knowledge by offering new perspectives and analysis, incorporating
existing scholarship and reviving ideas that had previously been
set aside.
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