A Dirty Mind is a Joy Forever; Bronzino’s Portrait of Cosimo I as Orpheus studied in the light of the Artist’s Burlesque Poetry

dc.contributor.advisor	Klerck, A.R. de
dc.contributor.advisor	Manuth, V.
dc.contributor.author	Wel, F. van
dc.date.issued	2019-02-26
dc.description.abstract	Bronzino’s representation of Cosimo I de’ Medici as Orpheus is in many ways a peculiar painting. Art historians have put forward several interpretations of the work. None of them is however completely convincing. In an attempt to gain a better understanding of the portrait, this study looks beyond traditional art-historical methods and procedures and tries to reconstruct the ways in which sixteenth-century viewers would have reacted to the painting. In this light, a broad investigation of both the painter's social and cultural environment as well as the period’s literary context ‒ focused on the immensely popular genre of burlesque poetry ‒ is carried out. As it turns out, such interdisciplinary research may be very helpful in gaining insight in the most enigmatic of pictures.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/7235
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.thesis.faculty	Faculteit der Letteren	en_US
dc.thesis.specialisation	Kunstgeschiedenis	en_US
dc.thesis.studyprogramme	Master Kunst- en Cultuurwetenschappen	en_US
dc.thesis.type	Master	en_US
dc.title	A Dirty Mind is a Joy Forever; Bronzino’s Portrait of Cosimo I as Orpheus studied in the light of the Artist’s Burlesque Poetry	en_US

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