Pagan Virtue in a Christian World
Nonfiction, History, Renaissance, Art & Architecture, Art History, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | Anthony F. D'Elia | ISBN: | 9780674088542 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | January 4, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Anthony F. D'Elia |
| ISBN: | 9780674088542 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | January 4, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
In 1462 Pope Pius II performed the only reverse canonization in history, damning a living man to an afterlife of torment. What had Sigismondo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini and a patron of the arts, done to merit this fate? Anthony D’Elia shows how the recovery of classical literature and art during the Italian Renaissance led to a revival of paganism.
In 1462 Pope Pius II performed the only reverse canonization in history, damning a living man to an afterlife of torment. What had Sigismondo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini and a patron of the arts, done to merit this fate? Anthony D’Elia shows how the recovery of classical literature and art during the Italian Renaissance led to a revival of paganism.
