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Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (/hiːpˌnɛəroʊtəˈmɑːkiːə pəˈliːfəˌliː/; from
Ancient Gr**** ὕπνος hýpnos 'sleep' ἔρως érōs 'love' and μάχη máchē 'fight'), called...
- and monk who was
credited with the
authorship of the
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili by an
acrostic formed by
initial letters of the text. He
lived in Venice...
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first printed work of Aristotle; in 1499
printed the
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili,
considered the most
beautiful book of the Renaissance; and established...
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Lefaivre thinks they are
illustrations of the
romance novel Hypnerotomachia Poliphili.
Perhaps they were
meant as a foil to the
perfect symmetry and layout...
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writers as
Francesco Colonna (probably the
writer of the
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili) and
Matteo Bandello. Many
Dominicans took part in the
artistic activity...
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depiction is one of the many
woodcut illustrations to
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, a book
published in
Venice in 1499. This
shows Leda and the Swan making...
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contained within an
extremely rare, and
mysterious book, the
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili,
which was an
incunabulum published in 1499 in Venice, Italy; it is a...
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collected works,
Pietro Bembo's Asolani,
Francesco Colonna's
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, and Dante's
Divine Comedy. The 1501
publication of
Virgil introduced...
- The
inspiration for the
unusual composition came from
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili ("Poliphilo's
Dream of the
Strife of Love"), an
unusual 15th
century novel...
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character named "Thelemia"
represents will or
desire in the
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili of the
Dominican friar and
writer Francesco Colonna. The
protagonist Poliphilo...
