Resumen de (In)Famous Men: The Continence of Scipio and Formations of Masculinity in Fifteenth-Century Tuscan Domestic Painting
Representations of Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio in 15th-century Tuscan domestic painting are examined. The writer considers the various Latin and vernacular sources from which Florentine patrons and painters could draw for information about Scipio's life and career. She examines about a dozen extant examples of this imagery intended for domestic or private spectatorship, and of the various masculinities “performed” in and through these representations. She demonstrates the porosity of the boundaries between public and private, the artificial nature of their construction, and the extent of the effort expended through cultural production to maintain them.
