Renaissance Bodies: The Human Figure in English Culture c. 1540-1660 (Reaktion Books - Picturing History)
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (940 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0948462086 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"The Body in the English Renaissance - an academic review" according to K. Maxwell. This is a scholarly work and it is illustrated only in black and white through each section. The book has lengthy essays on the following subjects:- Icons of Divinity: Portraits of Elizabeth I- Lady Elizabeth Pope: The Heraldic Body- In Memory: Lady Dacre and Pairing by Hans Eworth- Magnetic Figures: Polemical Prints of the English Revolution- The Fate of Marsyas: Dissecting the Renaissance Body- The Rhetoric of Status: Gesture, Demeanour and the Image of the Gentleman in the 16th and 17th century England- Inigo Jones as a Figurative Artist-`Tis a Pity She's a Whore: Representing the Incestuous Bo
About the Author Nigel Llewellyn is Lecturer in the History of Art at the University of Sussex, and has curated an exhibition entitled 'The Art of Death', to be held at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Nigel Llewellyn is Lecturer in the History of Art at the University of Sussex, and has curated an exhibition entitled 'The Art of Death', to be held at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The authors, art historians and literary critics, reflect diverse critical viewpoints, and the 78 illustrations present a fascinating exhibition of the often strange and haunting images of the period.With essays by John Peacock, Elizabeth Honig, Andrew and Catherine Belsey, Jonathan Sawday, Susan Wiseman, Ellen Chirelstein, Tamsyn Williams, Anna Bryson, Maurice Howard and Nigel Llewellyn."The whole book presents a mirror of contemporary concerns with power, the merits and demerits of individualism, sex-roles, 'selves', the meaning of community and (even) conspicuous consumption."—The Observer. The subjects discussed range from high art to popular culture – from portraits of Elizabeth I to polemical prints mocking religious fanaticism – and include miniatures, manners, anatomy, drama and architectural patronage. Renaissance Bodies is a unique collection of views on the ways in which the human image has been represented in the arts and literature of English Renaissance society
. Nigel Llewellyn is Lecturer in the History of Art at the University of Sussex, and has curated an exhibition entitled 'The Art of Death', to be held at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Nigel Llewellyn is Lecturer in the History of Art at the University of Sussex, and has curated an exhibition entitled 'The Art of Death', to be held at the Victoria and