| Early Modern Visual Allegory: Embodying Meaning Contributor(s): Baskins, Cristelle (Editor), Rosenthal, Lisa (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0754657604 ISBN-13: 9780754657606 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $188.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - General |
| Dewey: 704.946 |
| LCCN: 2007001494 |
| Physical Information: 316 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first book in over twenty-five years devoted solely to allegory and personification in art history, this anthology complements current literary and cultural studies of allegory. The volume re-examines early modern allegorical imagery in light of crucial material, contextual and methodological questions: how are allegories conceived; for whom; and for what purposes? Contributors consider a wide range of allegorical representations in the visual arts and material culture, of both early modern Europe and the colonial "New World" 1400-1800. Essays included here examine paintings, sculpture, prints, architecture and the spaces of public ritual while discussing the process and theory of interpretation, formation of audiences, reception history, appropriation and censorship. A special focus on the medium of the body in visual allegory unites the volume's diverse materials and methods. |