Papers by Shulamit Furstenberg-Levi
This study examines the various links between the Neapolitan Accademia Pontaniana and the d’Avalo... more This study examines the various links between the Neapolitan Accademia Pontaniana and the d’Avalos-Colonna literary gatherings on the island of Ischia, arguing that the former figured as intellectual ancestor of the latter. The two informal groups shared a common geographical context—the bay of Naples—as well as striking similarities between their leading figures, Giovanni Pontano and Vittoria Colonna. This analysis is based mainly on literary sources such as Girolamo Britonio’s Gelosia del Sole and Paolo Giovio’s Dialogus de viris et foeminus aetate nostra florentibus, which make reference to both explicit and subtle connections between the Ischian cenacolo—often referred to in terms of Parnassus—and its inspirational father figure, the original Accademia Pontaniana.
History of Humanities, Sep 1, 2020
Giovanni Pontano’s library is viewed in this essay as the sum of the various libraries associated... more Giovanni Pontano’s library is viewed in this essay as the sum of the various libraries associated with him, either as an individual humanist or as the founder of the humanist circle the Accademia Pontaniana. The essay touches the Neapolitan Aragonese royal library, which played an important role during Pontano’s first years in Naples, and the library of the Convent of San Domenico, which he later frequented. Both served as a place for him to encounter the auctores, his main source of inspiration. It focuses on his private library, which not only allowed him to deepen his level of encounter with the auctores but also permitted him to expand his horizons in the area that interested him most, astrology. The essay also examines the library of the Roman humanist Angelo Colocci, viewing it as a reflection of the actual activity of the Accademia Pontaniana.
Renaissance Quarterly, 2011
Oxford University Press eBooks, May 10, 2006
Journeys, 2017
Based on pilgrimage diaries (Itineraria), this article investigates the roles of historical and c... more Based on pilgrimage diaries (Itineraria), this article investigates the roles of historical and contemporary Holy Land guides, looking at how the historical documents, both descriptive and prescriptive, can be viewed as embodying the seeds of the comprehensive roles assumed by current live pilgrimage guides. Our study charted a shift over the centuries from minimal collaboration among separate guides who fulfilled the functions of pathfinder and mentor to closer collaboration among them. In contemporary Catholic pilgrimages, this process has led to a single priest-guide who combines several functions.
In The Accademia Pontaniana: A Model of a Humanist Network Shulamit Furstenberg-Levi explores the... more In The Accademia Pontaniana: A Model of a Humanist Network Shulamit Furstenberg-Levi explores the intellectual networks which developed around the fifteenth century humanist Pontano. She applies recent sociological theory to investigate links between the various Italian humanist circles.
The <i>Accademia Pontaniana</i>, 2016
The <i>Accademia Pontaniana</i>, 2016
In The Accademia Pontaniana: A Model of a Humanist Network Shulamit Furstenberg-Levi explores the... more In The Accademia Pontaniana: A Model of a Humanist Network Shulamit Furstenberg-Levi explores the intellectual networks which developed around the fifteenth century humanist Pontano. She applies recent sociological theory to investigate links between the various Italian humanist circles.
History of Humanities
Giovanni Pontano’s library is viewed in this essay as the sum of the various libraries associated... more Giovanni Pontano’s library is viewed in this essay as the sum of the various libraries associated with him, either as an individual humanist or as the founder of the humanist circle the Accademia Pontaniana. The essay touches the Neapolitan Aragonese royal library, which played an important role during Pontano’s first years in Naples, and the library of the Convent of San Domenico, which he later frequented. Both served as a place for him to encounter the auctores, his main source of inspiration. It focuses on his private library, which not only allowed him to deepen his level of encounter with the auctores but also permitted him to expand his horizons in the area that interested him most, astrology. The essay also examines the library of the Roman humanist Angelo Colocci, viewing it as a reflection of the actual activity of the Accademia Pontaniana.
for political power — the aristocracies, the cities, and the Church — had finally been subjugated... more for political power — the aristocracies, the cities, and the Church — had finally been subjugated. At about the same time came the “definitive assertion . . . that the moderns might know more or be better than the ancients” (139) and the first attempts “to rehabilitate the Middle Ages” (157). Of the many transformations that mark the end of the Renaissance, the two most significant are the “revolution in attitudes toward war and the supernatural” (161). Accordingly, by approximately 1700, society “had shaken off the reverence for antiquity; it had raised doubts about the glory of war; it had limited the authority of the supernatural; and it had resolved difficult struggles over centralized political authority and the role of the Church” (208). In the next two centuries (ca. 1700–ca. 1900), Europe would be engulfed in a “wave of Revolution”: namely, of political, industrial, communicative, social, cultural, and global relations. Rabb intends this book to serve, first, “not as a summa...
Vittoria Colonna
This study examines the various links between the Neapolitan Accademia Pontaniana and the d’Avalo... more This study examines the various links between the Neapolitan Accademia Pontaniana and the d’Avalos-Colonna literary gatherings on the island of Ischia, arguing that the former figured as intellectual ancestor of the latter. The two informal groups shared a common geographical context—the bay of Naples—as well as striking similarities between their leading figures, Giovanni Pontano and Vittoria Colonna. This analysis is based mainly on literary sources such as Girolamo Britonio’s Gelosia del Sole and Paolo Giovio’s Dialogus de viris et foeminus aetate nostra florentibus, which make reference to both explicit and subtle connections between the Ischian cenacolo—often referred to in terms of Parnassus—and its inspirational father figure, the original Accademia Pontaniana.
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