The Eloquent Body
Subtitle: Dance and Humanist Culture in Fifteenth-Century Italy
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: November 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780253344533
Subjects: Dance; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Performing Arts; Italy; Dance - History; Movements - Humanism; Renaissance; Dance - Classical; 15th century; History; Humanism; Social aspects
First sentence: The poem, part of which is quoted above, was written by a humanist in praise of a dance master: not a prince or duke, a political statesman or powerful government bureaucrat, but a dance master.
Description: "The Eloquent Body offers a history and analysis of court dancing during the Renaissance, within the context of Italian Humanism. Each chapter addresses different philosophical, social, or intellectual aspects of dance during the fifteenth century."--Jacket.