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Looking Like a Woman, Dancing Like a Painting, Footing the Renaissance: Isadora Duncan and Botticelli’s <i>Primavera</i>

2022; Open Library of Humanities; Volume: 2023; Issue: 34 Linguagem: Inglês

10.16995/ntn.8608

ISSN

1755-1560

Autores

Lene Østermark‐Johansen,

Tópico(s)

Musicology and Musical Analysis

Resumo

A print of Botticelli’s painting La Primavera in the dancer Isadora Duncan’s childhood home had a fundamental impact on her development of modern dance. This article explores Duncan’s dance and costume based on La Primavera in conjunction with other neo-Renaissance dancers (Sacharoff and Sachetti) and Aby Warburg’s interest in the Florentine nymph and moving draperies, arguing for the importance of studying the old masters, of looking like a woman, and embracing continued renascences.

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