Title Monstrous births and visual culture in sixteenth-century Germany / by Jennifer Spinks

Published London : Pickering & Chatto, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 207 pages) : illustrations Series Religious cultures in the early modern world ; no. 5 Religious cultures in the early modern world ; no. 5. Contents Introduction : wonders and monsters in early modern Europe -- From monstrous races to monstrous births : Sebastian Brant and the intersection of humanism, print culture, and monstrous births around 1500 -- Visual culture and monstrous births before the Reformation : Albrecht Dürer, Hans Burgkmair, and conjoined twins -- Reformation visual culture and monstrous births : Luther's monk calf and Melanchthon's papal ass -- Wonder books and Protestants : Jakob Rueff, Konrad Lycosthenes, and Job Fincel -- Catholic print culture and monstrous births : Johann Nas and anti-Lutheran polemic -- "Many heads, mouths, and tongues" : monstrous births in the later sixteenth century Summary This study is an examination 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 Analysis Abnormalities, Human Abnormalities, Human, in art Art and religion Germany History 16th century Monsters in art Prints, German 16th century Reformation and art Germany Religion and culture Germany History 16th century Visual communication Germany History 16th century Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-200) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Visual communication -- Germany -- History -- 16th century Abnormalities, Human. Abnormalities, Human, in art. Monsters in art. Broadsides -- Germany -- 16th century Religion and culture -- Germany -- History -- 16th century Prints, German -- 16th century Art and religion -- Germany -- History -- 16th century Reformation and art -- Germany Medicine -- Religious aspects. Abnormalities, Severe Teratoid -- history Medicine in the Arts History, 16th Century Religion and Medicine 21.32 history of the graphic arts. ART -- Techniques -- Printmaking. DESIGN -- Graphic Arts -- General. Medicine -- Religious aspects Abnormalities, Human Abnormalities, Human, in art Art and religion Broadsides Monsters in art Prints, German Reformation and art Religion and culture Visual communication Geburtsfehler Missbildung Bildliche Darstellung Ungeheuer Mischwesen Grafische kunst. Geboorte. Afwijkingen. Visual communication -- Germany -- History -- 16th century. Abnormalities, Human. Abnormalities, Human, in art. Monsters in art. Religion and culture -- Germany -- History -- 16th century. Prints, German -- 16th century. Art and religion -- Germany -- History -- 16th century. Reformation and art -- Germany. History. Germany. European history. History: specific events & topics. History. SUBJECT Germany Subject Germany Deutschland Duitsland. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781851966950 9781851969654 1851969659 1851966951 9786612125492 6612125497 9781317316152 1317316150 9781781441718 1781441715

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