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RENAISSANCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA Annual Meeting New York City 1–3 April 2004 PROGRAM AND ABSTRACT BOOK COVER ILLUSTRATION: The Triumph of Fame; (verso) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families Birth tray, ca. 1449 Giovanni di Ser Giovanni (called Scheggia) (Italian, Florentine, 1406–86) Tempera, silver, and gold on wood; overall, with engaged frame, diameter 36 ½ in. (92.7 cm); recto, painted surface, diameter 24 5/8 in. (62.5 cm); verso, painted surface, diameter 29 5/8 in. (75.2 cm). THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK Purchase in memory of Sir John Pope-Hennessy: Rogers Fund, The Annenberg Foundation, Drue Heinz Foundation, Annette de la Renta, Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Richardson, and The Vincent Astor Foundation Gifts, Wrightsman and Gwynne Andrews Funds, special funds, and Gift of the children of Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Logan, and other gifts and bequests, by exchange, 1995 (1995.7). The commemorative birth tray (desco da parto) was commissioned to celebrate the birth, in 1449, of Lorenzo de’ Medici, il Magnifico. Its imagery was taken from Boccaccio’s L’Amorosa visione and Petrarch’s Trionfi. Table of Contents Acknowledgments ............................................................................ 4 Book Registration, Exhibitors, and Times ......................................... 6 Business Meetings ............................................................................ 8 Plenaries, Talks, and Special Events .................................................. 9 Room Locator and Hotel Directory ................................................. 18 Program Thursday .................................................................................20 Friday .....................................................................................23 Saturday ..................................................................................26 Abstracts Thursday .................................................................................29 Friday ...................................................................................128 Saturday ................................................................................230 Advertisements .............................................................................320 Indices of Chairs and Respondents ......................................................335 of Presenters ...........................................................................339 of Organizers and Sponsors .....................................................350 of Panel Titles ........................................................................353 Acknowledgments The Renaissance Society of America would like to thank The Graduate Center, City University of New York, for its hospitality and assistance in organizing the meeting. The Society also wishes to thank the following persons and organizations for their contribu- tions to the success of the meeting: THE PROGRAM COMMITTEE Janet Cox-Rearick Patrick Macey Ottavio Di Camillo John Monfasani Martin Elsky François Rigolot PARTICIPATING AFFILIATE SOCIETIES AND CENTERS Association for Medieval and Renaissance Studies in Israel Association for Textual Scholarship in Art History Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, University of Toronto Erasmus of Rotterdam Society Fédération Internationale des Sociétés et Instituts pour l’Étude de la Renaissance The International Sidney Society The Instituto Cervantes of New York The Italian Art Society The Malone Society The Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies The Medici Archive Project Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies The Nicholas of Cusa Society Renaissance English Text Society Renaissance Studies Certificate Program, The Graduate Center, City University of New York Société Française d’Étude du Seizième Siècle 4 Acknowledgments Society for Confraternity Studies The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publication The Society for the Study of Early Modern Women University of Pennsylvania Seminar on the Renaissance CONTRIBUTING DISCIPLINE REPRESENTATIVES Christopher S. Celenza Deborah N. Losse Liana De Girolami Cheney Patrick Macey William J. Connell John Jeffries Martin Mary Thomas Crane Angelo Mazzocco Anthony Francis D’Elia Eileen A. Reeves Hannibal Hamlin Bette Talvacchia Lorna Hutson Nicholas Terpstra Thomas M. Izbicki Alison P. Weber Mary Ellen Lamb Marjorie Curry Woods Joanna Woods-Marsden THE RSA OFFICE STAFF Antonella Dalla Torre Tonya Knudsen.com Julia Elsky Timothy Krause Martha Newman 5 Book Registration, Exhibitors, and Times REGISTRATION Badges and abstract books may be picked up during the times listed: Mezzanine Level of the Grand Hyatt Hotel (one flight up from the reception desk in the lobby). Wednesday, 31 March, 1:00–4:00 PM Thursday, 1 April, 8:00–11:00 AM; 12:00–5:00 PM Friday, 2 April, 8:00–11:00 AM; 12:00–5:00 PM Saturday, 3 April, 8:00–11:00 AM; 12:00–2:00 PM Replacement/additional books may be purchased at the registration desk for $25, cash or checks only. BOOK EXHIBIT Grand Hyatt Hotel —Ballroom A Wednesday, 31 March, 1:00–4:00 PM Thursday, 1 April, 8:00–11:00 AM; 12:00–5:00 PM Friday, 2 April, 8:00–11:00 AM; 12:00–5:00 PM Saturday, 3 April, 8:00–11:00 AM; 12:00–2:00 PM EXHIBITORS AND ADVERTISERS American Council of Learned Societies Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Ashgate Publishing Company The Association of American University Presses Blackwell’s Publishers, Inc. Brill Academic Publishers Cambridge University Press The David R. Brown Book Company Equinox Publishers IDC Publishers, Inc. 6 Book Registration, Exhibitors, and Times Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici, Naples Italica Press, Inc. Librairie Droz S. A. McGraw-Hill Companies Saint Joseph's University Press Scholar’s Choice Truman State University The University of Chicago Press The University of Toronto Press 7 Business Meetings Wednesday, RSA EXECUTIVE BOARD DINNER 31 March LOCATION: GRAND HYATT NEW YORK, 6:30 PM ALVIN ROOM by invitation Thursday , RSA COUNCIL MEETING 1 April AND LUNCHEON 12:00 – LOCATION: GRAND HYATT NEW YORK, 1:30 PM COMMODORE GRILL by invitation 8 Plenaries, Talks, and Special Events Wednesday, SPLENDORS OF THE RENAISSANCE 31 March PRINCELY ATTIRE IN ITALY: 12:00 –7:30 PM RECONSTRUCTIONS OF HISTORIC COSTUMES Thursday – By Fausto Fornasari, King Studio, Italy Saturday, Catalogue by Janet Cox-Rearick, 1–3 April The Graduate Center, CUNY 12:00 –6:00 PM LOCATION: THE GRADUATE CENTER, CUNY, THE ART GALLERY Fausto Fornasari’s exhibition has toured museums in Italy (beginning with the Palazzo Ducale, Mantua) and Spain, as well as being shown in five South American capitals and in Montreal in 2002–03. “Splendors of the Renaissance” opens on 10 March and runs through 24 April. It displays Fornasari’s carefully researched and executed reconstructions of fifteen spectacular court costumes dating from the mid-1400s to the early 1600s. It is introduced by a didactic section explaining and illustrating some of the techniques used to make the reconstructions. All of the costumes are based on Renaissance portraits, large reproductions of which are displayed next to the mannequins. Some of these are by Florentine artists such as Bronzino (Eleonora di Toledo and Her Son Giovanni) and Jacopo da Empoli (The Marriage of Vincenzo Gonzaga and Eleonora de’ Medici), while others are based on portraits by Mantuan court figures such as the Gonzaga Dukes Federico II and Vincenzo I, and Marchesa Isabella d’Este, whose costume is illustrated on page 10. The show also includes two fifteenth-century costumes based on works by Pisanello for the D’Este court at Ferrara, which have not been previously exhibited. The Graduate Center exhibition will complement two sessions on costume organized by Professor Cox-Rearick: “Princely Attire in Italy” (Saturday, 3 April, 8:45 AM-12:00 PM). The papers will explore topics on Florentine and Mantuan court costume and the issue of indigenous styles of dress of various Italian centers versus those styles influenced by the fashions of other countries. These sessions, together with three other sessions on Italian costume and textiles, will give the subject a high profile at RSA 2004. 9 Detail of a reconstruction of the costume of Isabella d’Este, after a portrait by Guilio Romano of 1531 (Hampton Court). 10 Wednesday, OPENING RECEPTION 31 March Sponsored by: THE RENAISSANCE 5:30 –7:00 PM STUDIES CERTIFICATE PROGRAM, THE GRADUATE CENTER, CUNY AND ITS PARTICIPATING PH.D. PROGRAMS IN ART HISTORY, COMPARATIVE LITERATURE, ENGLISH, FRENCH, HISPANIC AND LUSO-BRAZILIAN LITERATURES, HISTORY, MUSIC, PHILOSOPHY, AND THEATRE AND WITH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK THE PROVOST AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, THE GRADUATE CENTER THE PROVOST AND VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS, BROOKLYN COLLEGE THE SIMON H. RIFKIND CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS, THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK THE DEAN OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES AND THE DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE, QUEENS COLLEGE AND THE RENAISSANCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA LOCATION: THE GRADUATE CENTER, CONCOURSE LEVEL Welcoming Remarks by William P. 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    History, art and curiosities COMUNE DI PONTASSIEVE PONTASSIEVE PONTASSIEVE COMUNE DI PONTASSIEVE Servizio URP – Comunicazione Comune di Pontassieve Texts by Riccardo Ciolli Graphics by Claudia Barbugli Translations by Chiara Fantaccini Historical sources: Historical Archieves and Public Library – Municipality of Pontassieve Thanks to Matilde Benvenuti and Matteo Lapi for the historical research Special thanks to Associazione Fotografi del Levanter Fiorentino and to all the people attending the “Fiascaie” Photography class Printed in Pontassieve - Printing House of the Municipality of Pontassieve 2 PONTASSIEVE COMUNE DI PONTASSIEVE PONTASSIEVE FLORENCE’S SOUTH-EASTERN DOOR Pontassieve is a prestigious town in the countryside around Florence, a territory surrounded by rivers running down from the mountain ridges to the valleys, softened by the meandering shapes of our hills, living witnesses to the presence of man and our traditions: churches, castles, ancient villas give rise to an open-air museum all around this territory. Culture and nature combine in a single setting, among vineyards and olive groves, typical products and flavours. 3 PONTASSIEVE PONTASSIEVE SOME HISTORY BITES Many archaeological finds are evidence that Pontassieve was dominated by the Etruscans, first, and the Romans afterwards. It was only in the Middle Ages that the old town grew in importance and value. Situated at the confluence of the riv- ers Sieve and Arno, Pontassieve was an area of particular interest to the Florentines who wanted to take full possession of this important river system. In 1357, the Floren- tines built a majestic castle here, named Castel Sant’Angelo, soon surrounded by many houses; the old borough was pro- tected by high sheltering walls.