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Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

The Strife Of Love In A Dream

by Francesco Colonna
language: english
Publisher: THAMES & HUDSON LTD, March of 2005 ‧
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One of the most famous books in the world, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, read by every Renaissance intellectual and referred to in studies of art and culture ever since, was first published in English by Thames & Hudson in 1999.

It is a strange, pagan, pedantic, erotic, allegorical, mythological romance relating in highly stylized Italian the quest of Poliphilo for his beloved Polia. The author (presumed to be Francesco Colonna, a friar of dubious reputation) was obsessed by architecture, landscape, and costume—it is not going too far to say sexually obsessed—and its 174 woodcuts are a primary source for Renaissance ideas on both buildings and gardens.

In 1592 an attempt was made to produce an English version but the translator gave up. The task has been triumphantly accomplished by Joscelyn Godwin, who succeeds in reproducing all its wayward charm and arcane learning in language accessible to the modern reader. Joscelyn Godwin is Professor of Music at Colgate University. He has written books on the seventeenthcentury occult philosophers Robert Fludd and Athanasius Kircher, as well as on the history of theosophy and on the spiritual dimension of music.

"A volume that should undoubtedly find a place in every serious English-speaking academic library."
The Art Book

"Godwin has confronted the demands of Poliphilo’s ‘strife of love in a dream’ with subtle skill."
New York Review of Books

Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

The Strife Of Love In A Dream

by Francesco Colonna

Property Description
ISBN: 9780500285497
Publisher: THAMES & HUDSON LTD
Release Date: March of 2005
Language: English
Dimensions: 156 x 229 x 29 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 496
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Fiction
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780500285497
Recommended Minimum Age: Not applicable

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