A Magic Book of Renaissance Shows

• Autores: Louise George Clubb
• Localización: Artibus et historiae: an art anthology, ISSN 0391-9064, Nº. 55, 2007 (Ejemplar dedicado a: In This Issue Special Articles in Memory of William R. Rearick (1930-2004). Part 1), págs. 37-52
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A unique late 16-/early 17th-century Italian codex of 115 watercolor images belonging to the New York Public Library has been considered for some forty years to be a sample book of a commedia dell'arte company. Recent findings show that it belongs instead to the genre of "blow book" used by magicians, and that it depicts a range of Renaissance entertainments that includes comedy, music, dance, cavalcades, tournaments and scenes of hellfire.