The rooms for the tournament by Angelo Poliziano
rooms for the tournament is a poem composed in the eighth in 1475 by Angelo Poliziano at the tournament organized by Lorenzo the Magnificent to celebrate the peace of the Italian powers. The work develops several themes
conforming to the ideal of docta varietas. One of the issues that police have covered is the platonic love.
He treats this issue through the expedient of the story between Julie and a nymph, which is Simonetta Vespucci. Inside the police operation
Cupid orbisce deception behind Giuliano revenge for the fact that it is devoted only to hunting and physical activity. Through this trap
Julian falls in love the nymph dressed in white: the beautiful Simonetta. Thanks to Julian
all'innamoramento we understand what are the key components of 'Platonic love: the beauty and youth. Several times in fact
Poliziano returns on these themes in his triumph in the composition of the locus amoenus. This last, a commonplace of the pastoral poetry, emphasizes the spring atmosphere that welcomes the birth of new love. Each element described in 'police action it refers to' importance and the triumph that love, youth and beauty take on the entire composition.
Joseph Gutierrez
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