Introduction. Placing the gods
Pt. 1. The studiolo and its histories. The study, the collection, and the Renaissance self
Myth and the articulation of gender and space
Isabella's "cupidity" : collecting and literary production
Pt. 2. The paintings. Mantegna's Mars and Venus : poetry, natural history, and the origins of art
Mantegna's mythic signatures : Pallas and the vices
Tanta amorosa impresa : Isabella, Perugino, and Paride da Ceresara
Lorenzo Costa's coronation of a woman poet and the Renaissance of Sappho
"Sweet counterfeiting and blandishments" : courtiership, urbanitas, and Costa's Comus
"Dominate the stars" Correggio, the Gonzaga, and the sack of Rome
Conclusion. The rise of mythological painting in sixteenth-century Italy.
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The cabinet of Eros : Renaissance mythological painting and the studiolo of Isabella d'Este by Stephen J. Campbell. ISBN 0300117531. Published by Yale University Press in 2004. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
