Bodies mangled, limbs broken, skin flayed, blood spilled: from paintings to prints to small sculptures, the art of the late Middle Ages and early modern period gave rise to disturbing scenes of violence. Many of these torture scenes recall Christs P...Lasīt vairāk
The social problem of infant abandonment captured the publics imagination in Italy during the fifteenth century, a critical period of innovation and development in charitable discourses. As charity toward foundlings became a political priority, the...Lasīt vairāk
Though portraits of old women mediate cultural preoccupations just as effectively as those of younger women, the scant published research on images of older women belies their significance within early modern Italy. This study examines the remarkable...Lasīt vairāk
Bodies mangled, limbs broken, skin flayed, blood spilled: from paintings to prints to small sculptures, the art of the late Middle Ages and early modern period gave rise to disturbing scenes of violence. Many of these torture scenes recall Christs P...Lasīt vairāk
Princes and paupers; birds and mclons; great art and lascivious sketches; love and lust---in this collection of Pathbreaking essays all take on new meanings and spark adventuresome flights of discovery that suggest exciting new ways of rethinking Ear...Lasīt vairāk
Erotic Cultures of Renaissance Italy is a wonderful book: original, engaging, well-written and well-researched. An interdisciplinary volume, it will appeal to a broad range of scholars not only in the field of Renaissance studies, but also in the his...Lasīt vairāk
