For scholars interested in the intellectual and social history of early modern academies of different kinds (literary, artistic, theatrical, scientific..) between 1500 and 1800. Particularly welcome will be reflections on the printed sources of both of European and non-European academies. Members are also invited to share their past and current books, essays, talks on the topic and encouraged to collaborate in future research projects.
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Eduardo Paredes Ocampo deposited A Bicephalic Melancholiac: Acting a Royal Pathology in Spanish Golden Age Drama in the group
Early Modern Academies of the World on Humanities Commons 9 months agoThis study presents a reconstruction of the performance of the melancholic character in Golden Age theater. It argues that critics have overlooked the way this character type was acted on the original stage. Using Lope’s El Príncipe melancólico [The Melancholic Prince] as a case-study to speculate on the actor’s paralinguistic gestures and movem…[Read more]
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Eduardo Paredes Ocampo deposited The Tangible/Intangible Dialectic in La dama duende: A Critical Appreciation of the CNTC’s 2017 Production in the group
Early Modern Academies of the World on Humanities Commons 9 months agoThe CNTC’s 2017 production of La dama duende presented the transition between the two main characters’ rooms in the third jornada using two illuminated windows at the rear wall of the stage. The comparison between this rendition and other modern productions reveals two problems in adaptation: the fidelity with the original and the und…[Read more]
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Carlotta Paltrinieri started the topic Renaissance Society of American Annual Meeting – Dublin 2022 in the discussion
Early Modern Academies of the World on Humanities Commons 1 year, 6 months agoDear Colleagues, please consider sending an abstract for the panel:”What’s a Dilettante? Non-Professional Artists and Literati in Early Modernity (1500-1650)”.
Contributions to this panel will explore the phenomenon of dilettantismo between the 1500s and 1650s and consider some of the following key questions:
Who was the dilettante? How did t…[Read more]
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Carlotta Paltrinieri uploaded the file: New Article on non-artists within the Florentine Accademia del Disegno (in Italian) to
Early Modern Academies of the World on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoNew publication on the role of the lieutenant of the Florentine Accademia del Disegno and on the presence of Florentine noblemen in the academy. The essay is in Italian.
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Carlotta Paltrinieri started the topic Online Lecture in the discussion
Early Modern Academies of the World on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoOn July 11th, at 6pm, I will be giving a lecture on the Florentine academies (Disegno, Fiorentina, Crusca) as part of the online lectures series: “THE MEDICI AND THEIR ARCHIVES: ARTISTIC PATRONAGE AND DIPLOMACY”. If you are interested in the series you can register here: https://www.medici.org/map-online-lectures-series/
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Carlotta Paltrinieri uploaded the file: List of Digital Resources to
Early Modern Academies of the World on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoA preliminary list of digital resources concerning academies and other learned societies. Everyone is welcome to contribute!
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Carlotta Paltrinieri uploaded the file: Renaissance Society of America Panels (Dublin 2021) to
Early Modern Academies of the World on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoA series of panels that Déborah Blocker (UC Berkeley) and I have organized for RSA 2020 and that will be presented at RSA Dublin 2021.
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