Somaesthetic Experience and the Viewer in Medicean Florence b... - 9781041186359

Somaesthetic Experience and the Viewer in Medicean FlorenceRenaissance Art and Political Persuasion, 1459-1580\nAuthor(s): Allie Terry-Fritsch\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781041186359, 978-1041186359\nSynopsis\nViewers in the Middle Ages and Renaissance were encouraged to forge connections between their physical and affective states when they experienced works of art. They believed that their bodies served a critical function in coming to know and make sense of the world around them, and intimately engaged themselves with works of art and architecture on a daily basis. This book examines how viewers in Medicean Florence were self-consciously cultivated to enhance their sensory appreciation of works of art and creatively self-fashion through somaesthetics. Mobilized as a technology for the production of knowledge with and through their bodies, viewers contributed to the essential meaning of Renaissance art and,.