Decorum Renaissance

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Decorum renaissance. In continental european debates on theatre in the renaissance and post renaissance decorum is concerned with the appropriateness of certain actions or events to the stage. Modern language quarterly 1943 4 2. By the renaissance the mixture of revived classical mythology and christian subjects was also considered to fall under the heading of decorum as was the increasing habit of mixing religious subjects in art with lively genre painting or portraiture of the fashionable.

The concept of literary propriety in its simplest stage of development was outlined by aristotle. Conference francis ames lewis anka bednarek. Association of art historians great britain.

From the latin decorus seemly originally a literary term it is first used in relation to the visual arts in the renaissance in the writings of leonardo da vinci. Decorum in literary style the appropriate rendering of a character action speech or scene. Search for other works by this author on.

Papers delivered at the annual conference of the association of art historians london april 1991. The subject or theme must be dealt with in the proper diction metre form and tone. Decorum in italian renaissance literary criticism vernon hall jr.

In later classical criticism the roman poet horace maintained that to retain its unity a work of art must be consistent in every aspect.