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Sandro Botticelli’s The Return of Judith to Bethulia and The Discovery of the Body of Holofernes and the Experiences of Quattrocento Florence

Biagini, Julia
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1314878788

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2011, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Art History (Fine Arts).
The Book of Judith of the Old Testament Apocrypha has inspired various interpretations since the Middle Ages, which resulted in a range of Judith imagery produced in Renaissance Italy. Among the artists creating works representing Judith during this time was Sandro Botticelli, who painted Judith six times throughout his nearly forty-year career. This thesis reconsiders Botticelli’s The Return of Judith to Bethulia and The Discovery of the Body of Holofernes, two small panels in the Uffizi, Florence, by focusing on issues of function, date, and patronage. Like many Quattrocento images of Judith, the pair of paintings responded to the various interpretations of Judith and the Book of Judith. I propose that the panels also operated within a political context in which they commented upon and offered a point of reflection on the events of 1466 in Florence, when a group of Florentine patricians challenged Piero de’ Medici and his position in the Florentine government, and the aftermath of those events.
Marilyn Bradshaw, PhD (Committee Chair)
Joseph Lamb, PhD (Committee Member)
Charles Buchanan, PhD (Committee Member)
174 p.
Art History
Sandro Botticelli; Judith and Holofernes; Renaissance Florence; Piero de' Medici

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  • Biagini, J. (2011). Sandro Botticelli’s The Return of Judith to Bethulia and The Discovery of the Body of Holofernes and the Experiences of Quattrocento Florence [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1314878788

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Biagini, Julia. Sandro Botticelli’s The Return of Judith to Bethulia and The Discovery of the Body of Holofernes and the Experiences of Quattrocento Florence. 2011. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1314878788.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Biagini, Julia. "Sandro Botticelli’s The Return of Judith to Bethulia and The Discovery of the Body of Holofernes and the Experiences of Quattrocento Florence." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1314878788

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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