Indecent Bodies in Early Modern Visual Culture (Hardcover)

The life-like depiction of the body became a central interest and defining characteristic of the European Early Modern period that coincided with the establishment of which images of the body were to be considered 'decent' and representable, and which disapproved, censored, or prohibited. Simultaneously, artists and the public became increasingly interested in the depiction of specific body parts or excretions. This book explores the concept of indecency and its relation to the human body across drawings, prints, paintings, sculptures, and texts. The ten essays investigate questions raised by such objects about practices and social norms regarding the body, and they look at the particular function of those artworks within this discourse. The heterogeneous media, genres, and historical contexts north and south of the Alps studied by the authors demonstrate how the alleged indecency clashed with artistic intentions and challenges traditional paradigms of the historiography of Early Modern visual culture.

General

Imprint:	Amsterdam University Press
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Visual and Material Culture, 1300-1700
Release date:	December 2022
Editors:	Fabian Jonietz • Mandy Richter • Alison Stewart
Dimensions:	240 x 170mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	292
ISBN-13:	978-9463725835
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1400 to 1600 > Renaissance art > General
LSN:	9463725830
Barcode:	9789463725835

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