"Overcoming Nature through Painting: An Interpretation of Mirad a quién alabáis by Lope de Vega" The architecture of Mirad a quién alabáis, a palatine comedy of Lope de Vega’s later life (princeps: 1621), rests on the verbal portraits that various characters realize of the extraordinary beauty of Juana Esforcia, Duchess of Milan. The constant use of pictorial references impels to see such portraits, of remote Petrarchan origin, as a manifestation of ekphrasis, the lady portrayed as a vivid work of art and, above all, the playwright as an unsurpassed “painter”. Thus, the ability of descriptions to arouse passions on the scene becomes a further testimony, when not a glimpse, of Lope’s formal mastery during what were convulsive years for his literary and dramatic realm, as well as a mise en abyme of his theatrical art.
Exceder a Naturaleza pintando. Una lectura de Mirad a quién alabáis, de Lope de Vega
DI PASTENA, ENRICO
2017-01-01
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"Overcoming Nature through Painting: An Interpretation of Mirad a quién alabáis by Lope de Vega" The architecture of Mirad a quién alabáis, a palatine comedy of Lope de Vega’s later life (princeps: 1621), rests on the verbal portraits that various characters realize of the extraordinary beauty of Juana Esforcia, Duchess of Milan. The constant use of pictorial references impels to see such portraits, of remote Petrarchan origin, as a manifestation of ekphrasis, the lady portrayed as a vivid work of art and, above all, the playwright as an unsurpassed “painter”. Thus, the ability of descriptions to arouse passions on the scene becomes a further testimony, when not a glimpse, of Lope’s formal mastery during what were convulsive years for his literary and dramatic realm, as well as a mise en abyme of his theatrical art.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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