I sent this message last week, but I am not sure if it ever appeared on Mantovano. Please excuse me if this is a repeat.
Emma I am writing in response to the latest questions from Mr. Manzer about V's influence on pastoral landscapes and on rural art in the Roman era. I am currently writing my diss. on the influence of the Eclogues and Georgics on Italian Ren. Art. There is no one source for this information (hence my own research!) but a useful and general resource is Freedman, L., The classical pastoral in the visual arts, New York, 1989. Also see The Pastoral Landscape, ed. J.D. Hunt, Studies in the history of art 36. Symposium papers 20, Hanover, N.H., 1992 and Cafritz, R., L. Gowing, and D. Rosand, Places of delight: the pastoral landscape New York, 1988. V's influence on the visual arts is an immense topic; these books may answer a few of your questions. David's bibliography online is a great source for more information. Emma Guest PhD candidate in art history, Rutgers University "Virgil's Bucolic Poetry in Italian Renaissance Art" in progress. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Helen Conrad-O'Briain Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 1:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: VIRGIL: Re: Virgil's influence on medieval and renaissance writers Has anyone yet mentioned Curtius' European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages - or that wonderfully readable work of Helen Waddell, The Wandering Scholars? Helen COB On Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at 12:25 PM, Patrick Roper wrote: >>>> I had never heard the suggestion that Virgil's work had >> a significant >>>> influence on the works of medieval and renaissance writers. >>> >>>> Could you please inform me of some references that would >> confirm this >>>> postulate? > > In addition to Professor Bognini's suggestions, the following posted > by Peter Kardon on the Arthurnet list yesterday may be of interest. > It relates to the Classical influences on Chretien de Troyes: > > "Books exist about the renaissance of the 12th century, also called > the aetas Ovidiana. See Scribes and scholars : a guide to the > transmission of Greek and Latin literature by L. D. Reynolds or The > Classical Heritage and Its Beneficiaries: From the Carolingian Age to > the End of the Renaissance by R. R. Bolgar, or many others. > > A typical twelfth-century cleric (like Chretien) would have learned > his Latin (to be able to read the Bible and the Church Fathers) from > the libri Catoniani; among the standards in this set were the Disticha > Catonis, Avianus' Fables, Theodulus' Eclogues, Maximianus' Elegies, > and Statius'Achilleid, but the list varied. He (or she) could also > have begun his studies of the seven liberal arts with Martianus > Capella's allegorical compendium of expositions of the artes, the De > Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii. And he could also have learned, and > perhaps memorized, much of Virgil and Ovid, and studied Cicero and > Seneca, Boethius and Macrobius, Dares and Dictys, and most other Latin > authors (Classical Latin texts were copied extensively in the > Carolingian renaissance, and only a few Classical Latin authors, like > Tacitus, resurfaced solely in the Renaissance). An extraordinarily > learned 12th-century cleric like John of Salisbury knew even the likes > of Petronius. Many of the Latin auctores were excerpted in florilegia, > but most were also available in full. L.D. Reynolds tracks what was > available when (insofar as our evidence shows): see his Texts and > transmission : a survey of the Latin classics. Chretien was probably > not an unusually learned fellow, but he appears to have known the big > chestnuts." > > Patrick Roper > >>> Dear Manzer, >> about Virgil's significant and large influence on medieval >> and renaissance >> writers >> you may also consider the entry 'Virgilius, Publius Maro' >> in the part >> 'Fortleben' of the >> 'Medioevo latino. A bibliographical bulletin of European >> culture from >> Boethius to Erasmus (VI to XV century)', >> that is published every year by Sismel-Edizioni del >> Galluzzo in Florence, >> Italy; >> two important monographs about this subject are: >> D.Comparetti, Virgilio nel Medioevo (I-II), Florence 1941; >> V.Zabughin, Vergilio nel Rinascimento italiano da Dante a >> Torquato Tasso >> (I-II), Bologna 1921. >> I don't know whether this books have been translated in >> english or not, but >> I think so. >> You have to think that Virgil preserved manuscripts between >> V and XV century >> are more than 1000, by far more numerous >> than all other classical authors mss. in the same period. >> With kind regards >> FBognini [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> ----------- >> To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. >> Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message >> "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation >> marks). 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