Datum: 2008, 12 February

Ficino en het voorstellingsvermogen Phantasia en imaginatio in kunst en theorie van de Renaissance (Ficino and the Power of Imagination Phantasia and Imaginatio in Renaissance Art and Theory)by Marieke van den Doel to be held in the Aula (auditorium) of the University of Amsterdam at the Oude Lutherse Kerk, Singel 411, Amsterdam on 12 February 2008 at 12.00 noon

Short summary: Artists such as Michelangelo and Botticelli made extensive use of the views of the Florentine Neoplatonist Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499) for several of their most famous works. In particular, Ficino’s ideas concerning inspiration (furor), love and imagination played a major role. The significance of Ficino for Renaissance art and art literature was a popular topic for art historians from the 1930s through to the 1970s, but in the subsequent period the extent of the influence he exercised has been much questioned. New source material, revised dating and close reading of relevant texts now show this discussion in a quite different light.

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