Images of rape (The 'heroic' tradition and its alternatives)
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Mainland Spain
Images of Rape: The "Heroic" Tradition and its Alternatives is the first in-depth exploration of rape as it has been portrayed in Western art from the twelfth through seventeenth centuries. Examining the full range of representations, from those that...
Read more- Publisher CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780521794428
- ISBN10 0521794420
- Type BOOK
- Pages 286
- Published 2001
- Bookbinding Rustic
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ancient And Medieval ArtImages of rape (The 'heroic' tradition and its alternatives)
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Images of Rape: The "Heroic" Tradition and its Alternatives is the first in-depth exploration of rape as it has been portrayed in Western art from the twelfth through seventeenth centuries. Examining the full range of representations, from those that...
Mainland Spain
Book details
Images of Rape: The "Heroic" Tradition and its Alternatives is the first in-depth exploration of rape as it has been portrayed in Western art from the twelfth through seventeenth centuries. Examining the full range of representations, from those that glorify rape to those that condemn it, Diane Wolfthal illuminates the complex web of attitudes toward sexual violence that existed in the medieval and early modern society. She makes her case using a range of visual documentation, including picture bibles, law treatises, justice paintings, war prints, and the manuscripts of Christine de Pizan.