The Poetics of Portraiture in the Italian Renaissance

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The Poetics of Portraiture in the Italian Renaissance is written by Jodi Cranston and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 052165324X (ISBN 10) and 9780521653244 (ISBN 13).

This book considers the changing conception of portraiture in the sixteenth century. Focusing on paintings by Giorgione, Titian, Parmigianino, and Raphael, among others, Jodi Cranston explores the significance of the formal inventions that address the presence of the beholder, and how such a visual dialogue with the beholder encourages the viewer to perceive the portrait as open and responsive. Applying methods derived from literary theory and structural analysis, this study demonstrates how sixteenth-century portraits extend contemporary efforts to perceive and receive painting as a kind of poetry.