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Agnolo Firenzuola was born on September 28, 1493, in Florence, Italy.
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( First published in 1548, On the Beauty of Women purport...)
First published in 1548, On the Beauty of Women purports to record two conversations shared by a young gentleman, Celso, and four ladies of the upper bourgeoisie in the vicinity of Florence. One afternoon Celso and the ladies consider universal beauty. On a subsequent evening, they attempt to fashion a composite picture of perfect beauty by combining the beautiful features of women they know. The standards of beauty established in the garden give way to the artistic, creative imagination of the human spirit, and the group's movement from garden to hall seems to echo the dialogue's movement from Nature to Art, from divinely to humanly created beauty. Konrad Eisenbichler and Jacqueline Murray have provided the first translation into English of Firenzuola's dialogue since the nineteenth century. In their introduction, they argue that Firenzuola's work presents a useful point of entry into the society and values of the mid-sixteenth century. In its discussion of beauty, the dialogue reveals the intersection of Neoplantonic philosophy and mathematically based artistic theory, both inherited from classical antiquity. Indeed, Firenzuola's treatise has been assessed as one of the most significant expositions of Renaissance aesthetics.
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Excerpt from Tales of Firenzuola: Benedictine Monk of Vallombrosa (Xvith Century) Expressions, and his version, in which we may say all the ?owers of this admirable language are concentrated, is, in many persons' Opinion, what is most finished in Italian prose. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Agnolo Firenzuola was born on September 28, 1493, in Florence, Italy.
The family name was taken from the town of Firenzuola, situated at the foot of the Apennines, it's original home. The grandfather of Agnolo had obtained the citizenship of Florence and transmitted it to his family. Agnolo was destined for the profession of the law, and pursued his studies first at Siena and afterward at Perugia.
They met again at Rome, where Agnolo practiced for a time the profession of an advocate, but with little success.
the lieutenant is asserted by all his biographers that while still a young man he assumed the monastic dress at Vallombrosa, and that he afterward held successively two abbacies. Girolamo Tiraboschi alone ventures to doubt this account, partly on the ground of Firenzuola"s licentiousness, and partly on the ground of absence of evidence.
But his arguments are not held to be conclusive. Firenzuola left Rome after the death of Pope Clement VII, and after spending some time at Florence, settled at Prato as abbot of San Salvatore. His writings, of which a collected edition was published in 1548, are partly in prose and partly in verse, and belong to the lighter classes of literature. His poems are chiefly satirical and burlesque. The date of Firenzuola"s death is only approximately ascertained. He had been dead several years when the first edition of his writings appeared (1548).
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Among the prose works are Discorsi degli animali, imitations of Oriental and Aesopian fables, of which there are two French translations. Dialogo delle bellezze delle donne, also translated into French. Ragionamenti amorosi, a series of short tales in the manner of Boccaccio, rivalling him in elegance and in licentiousness.
Discacciamento delle nuove lettere, a controversial piece against Giangiorgio Trissino"s proposal to introduce new letters into the Italian alphabet.
A free version or adaptation of The Golden Ass of Apuleius, which became a favorite book and passed through many editions. And two comedies, I Lucidi, an imitation of the Menaechmi of Plautus, and Louisiana Trinuzia, which in some points resembles the Calandria of Cardinal Bibbiena.