Background
Charles Gates Dempsey was born on March 11, 1937, in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, to Edward Wheeler and Betsey Mills (Beach) Dempsey.
500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, United States
In 1959, Dempsey received a Bachelor of Arts from Swarthmore College.
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, United States
Dempsey received a Master of Fine Arts in 1962 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1963 both from Princeton University.
(Widely acknowledged as a prime manifestation of Florentin...)
Widely acknowledged as a prime manifestation of Florentine humanist culture under Lorenzo de'Medici, Botticelli's Primavera cannot be fully interpreted without considering the poetics that expressed the Laurentian cultural program and, in turn, the Renaissance itself. In this analysis Charles Dempsey examines the poetry written by Lorenzo and his literary clients in order to give definition to the cultural context in which the Primavera was created. A celebration of Love, the painting is shown to incorporate both public and private imaginative realms while embracing the ideal and the actual experiences of the present.
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1992
(The magnificent frescoes in chapels and town halls across...)
The magnificent frescoes in chapels and town halls across Italy together represent one of the greatest achievements of Renaissance art. Commissioned both by private patrons and by the Church, artists responded with images of matchless beauty. Leading scholars treat the works selected for this series in their artistic and historical contexts; each cycle is illustrated with a complete set of the highest quality color reproductions.
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1995
(By investigating the important cultural figures who were ...)
By investigating the important cultural figures who were close to the painter Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665), Elizabeth Cropper and Charles Dempsey allow the reader to enter not only the Rome where he lived but also the Rome of antiquity, which he admired and tried to reconstruct. The authors argue that Poussin's works were structured by his friendships, as well as by his study of ancient history and early Christian archaeology, his exploration of the poetry and mystery of ancient places, and his conception of his paintings as gifts rather than commercial objects.
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1996
(The figure of the putto (often portrayed as a mischievous...)
The figure of the putto (often portrayed as a mischievous baby) made frequent appearances in the art and literature of Renaissance Italy. Commonly called spiritelli, or sprites, putti embodied a minor species of demon, in their nature neither good nor bad. They included natural spirits, animal spirits, and the spirits of sight and sound, as well as hobgoblin fantasies, bogeys, and the spirits contained in wine. Among the sensations ascribed to spiritelli were feelings of love, erotic arousal, and startling frights.
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2001
(Why do the paintings and poetry of the Italian Renaissanc...)
Why do the paintings and poetry of the Italian Renaissance - a celebration of classical antiquity - also depict the Florentine countryside populated with figures dressed in contemporary silk robes and fleur-de-lys crowns? Dempsey argues that a fusion of classical form with contemporary content was the defining characteristic of the period.
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2012
Charles Gates Dempsey was born on March 11, 1937, in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, to Edward Wheeler and Betsey Mills (Beach) Dempsey.
In 1959, Dempsey received a Bachelor of Arts from Swarthmore College. He also received a Master of Fine Arts from Princeton University in 1962 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1963 from the same university.
Charles Dempsey began his career as a fellow in the history of art at the American Academy in Rome, Italy. Then, Charles worked at Bryn Mawr College, first as an assistant professor and later became a professor of history of art and chair.
He also was a professor of Italian Renaissance and Baroque art at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and served as director of studies at Johns Hopkins Center for Italian Studies, Florence, Italy. Currently, Dempsey is a professor emeritus of history of art at the Johns Hopkins University.
Dempsey also was a visiting professor in the United States, France, and Australia and served on various boards and advisory panels.
Charles is the author of Annibale Carracci and the Beginnings of Baroque Style (1977), La galerie des Carrache, Banque de Paris (1984), The Portrayal of Love: Botticelli's Primavera and Humanist Culture at the Time of Lorenzo the Magnificent (1992), and some others.
(Why do the paintings and poetry of the Italian Renaissanc...)
2012(By investigating the important cultural figures who were ...)
1996(Widely acknowledged as a prime manifestation of Florentin...)
1992(The figure of the putto (often portrayed as a mischievous...)
2001(The magnificent frescoes in chapels and town halls across...)
1995Dempsey is a member of the College Art Association of America, Renaissance Society of America, United States Committee for the History Art and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
On November 14, 1975, Dempsey married Marjorie Elizabeth Cropper. They have three children: Martha Martin, Adam Sell and Catherine Wheeler.