Minerva and the cosmology of Prudence in Palladio's Palazzo Thiene -- Daniele Barbaro, Prudence and time : towards a logos of architecture at the Villa Barbaro at Maser -- The temporality of logos : time and the machina del mondo in Palladio's La Rotonda -- Duelling tricipitia : capturing the multivalence of Prudence and time in Titian's Allegory of Prudence -- Freemasonry and the art of memory : the Palazzo del Te and the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili as model.
Summary:
"In his new book From Mythos to Logos : Andrea Palladio, Freemasonry and the Triumph of Minerva, Michael Trevor Coughlin provides an interpretive lens to explore how myth was used to encode sixteenth-century Italian works of architecture and their frescoed interiors with logos--providing powerful insights that promote a way of being in a world in which peace and freedom are the greatest hallmarks of society. Leaning heavily on the intersection between myth and philosophy, Coughlin convincingly argues Freemasonry began in the Italian city of Vicenza in 1546, offering fresh insight into the origin of Freemasonry, one of the most powerful and longstanding organizations in the world--one in the midst of a popularity and membership boom that is unprecedented"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; volume 301 Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; volume 40
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