The eloquent body : dance and humanist culture in fifteenth-century Italy /
Jennifer Nevile.
- x, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-240) and index.
Dance and society -- The dance treatises and humanist ideals -- Eloquent movement - eloquent prose -- Dance and the intellect -- Order and virtue -- Transcription and translation of MS from Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Magl. VII 1121, f. 63r-69v / The use of mensuration signs as proportion signs in the dance treatises -- Floor track and music of Anello, Ingrata, Pizochara, and Verceppe. Giovanni Carsaniga -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. App. 1. App. 2. App. 3.
"The Eloquent Body offers a history and analysis of court dancing during the Renaissance, within the context of Italian Humanism. Each chapter addresses different philosophical, social, or intellectual aspects of dance during the fifteenth century."--BOOK JACKET.