Renaissance theatre
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This is a Pdf of a power-point presentation on fashion dolls throughout history. Beginning in the Classcial era and showing evidence through the Jacobean Era. There are side notes of different kinds of dolls as well as puppets. I do plan... more
This book deals with significant mid-‐fifteenth century controversies, within and without religious circles, over the revival of
Il saggio si rivolge a chiunque voglia esplorare un campo di ricerca affascinante e tuttora poco noto in Italia: la (s)cortesia storica. Preceduto da un’introduzione teorica, in cui si presentano le innovazioni più recenti nei campi della... more
The paper revisits Frances Yates' theory about the architectural plan of Shakespeare's Globe theatre. Although the proposition was strongly rejected by a number of authorities on the Elizabethan theatre, I think Yates's belief about a... more
This essay is the enlarged italian version of a paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Renaissance Society of America, Cambridge, 2005, under the title "In their Image and Likeness".
Toute scène en miroir interroge le trouble de la perception. Entre mise à distance ludique et vertige ontologique, les métathéâtres italiens engagent depuis la culture baroque jusqu’à nos jours une réflexion sur l’illusion que cet... more
In drama and theatre studies, improvisation has remained an undiscovered topic due to the fact that extempore acting cannot be documented in a sufficient way. In early modern theatre, however, it was probably an inherent part of the... more
The city as a theater. Festivals and processions in Italian cities and courts, between the fourth and sixteenth centuries. On the occasion of the second centenary of the birth of Jacob Burckhardt (Basel 1818-1897) Ephemeral... more
Horses always had a leading role in public events during the Renaissance. The Roman Carnival was no exception. The example of the first Carnival under Pope Paul III, in 1536. This is the text of the lecture I gave on Tuesday, February 28,... more
Toute scène en miroir interroge le trouble de la perception. Entre mise à distance ludique et vertige ontologique, les métathéâtres italiens engagent depuis la culture baroque jusqu’à nos jours une réflexion sur l’illusion que cet... more
Lo studio di Carlo Fanelli si propone come excursus ampio e documentato sulla cultura teatrale del Cinquecento italiano, per poi soffermarsi in modo particolare sulla figura di Bernardo Dovizi da Bibbiena, segretario di Giovanni de’... more
This article offers an interpretation of a drawing held in the Metropolitan Museum of New York, showing an incomplete proscenium arch of a stage with the crest of the Barberini family. Since the drawing is by the artist Francesco... more
Il presente articolo intende indagare il legame tra la retorica e la commedia rinascimentale nella misura in cui la retorica stessa funge da dispositivo linguistico atto a sostenere la mimesi del reale e la natura umana. In quanto... more
Con questo contributo si intende fornire nuova luce sulla cerchia di studiosi rinascimentali del Meridione la cui attività precede e, per un certo verso, anticipa per spunti e definizioni, il pensiero di Bernardino Telesio. Si tratta di... more
Oggetto d'indagine di questo volume sono i rapporti tra la drammaturgia del primo Cinquecento e manierista e la retorica classica. Ciò che viene posto in analisi è, infatti, l'apporto normativo fornito dalle regole dell'eloquenza di... more
Summer Lecture Professor Jyotsna Singh Anglican Global Crossings and the Specters of Islam in the Early Modern Period 13 July 2015 5.30pm, Room 112, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1 The Performance and Experience of Domestic Service... more