'Locus amoenus' and the Sleeping Nymph (Paperback)

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Published by Peeters Publishers, Leuven, 2016

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Paperback. In his late 15th century chronicle (ca 1477-1484), Michael FabriciusFerrarinus (died between 1488-1493), prior of the Carmelite cloister inReggio Emilia, introduced the rumour that an ancient fountain had beenfound super ripam Danuvii (on the banks of the Danube) with thesculpted figure of a sleeping nymph. According to Ferrarinus, thefountain bore a peculiar epigram:HVIVS NYMPHA LOCI, SACRI CVSTODIA FONTIS,DORMIO, DVM BLANDAE SENTIO MVRMVR AQVAE.PARCE MEVM, QVISQVIS TANGIS CAVA MARMORA, SOMNVMRVMPERE. SIVE BIBAS SIVE LAVERE TACE.Many scholars have discussed the impact of the rumour as creating aprototype for Renaissance sculptures of the sleeping nymph in Rome andfor the development of the well-known genre of the sleeping Venus inpainting. Building upon the previous studies, this essay contextualizesthe phenomenon of the sleeping nymph and its textual and artistic Nachlebenfrom the point of view of the locus amoenus as silence. Thisstudy combines iconological, aesthetical-philosophical andanthropological approaches, and contributes to a better understanding ofsleep, voyeurism, water and silence within the context of the nymph'sparticular genius loci. In his late 15th century chronicle, Michael Fabricius Ferrarinus introduced the rumor that an ancient fountain had been found on the banks of the Danube with the sculpted figure of a sleeping nymph. Many scholars have discussed the impact of the rumour as creating a prototype for Renaissance sculptures of the sleeping nymph in Rome a Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

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Title
'Locus amoenus' and the Sleeping Nymph (Paperback)
Author
B. Baert
Publisher
Peeters Publishers, Leuven
Publication year
2016
Condition
new
Binding
Paperback
Language
English
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