Monstrous Births and Visual Culture in Sixteenth-Century Germany Contributor(s): Spinks, Jennifer (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138663271 ISBN-13: 9781138663275 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $60.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Germany |
Dewey: 760 |
Series: Religious Cultures in the Early Modern World |
Physical Information: 0.46" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.69 lbs) 220 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Cultural Region - Canadian - Ethnic Orientation - African - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Cultural Region - Germany |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Presents an exmination of printed representations of monstrous births in German-speaking Europe from the end of the fifteenth century and through the sixteenth century, beginning with a seminal series of broadsheets from the late 1490s by humanist Sebastian Brant, and including prints by Albrecht Durer and Hans Burgkmair. |