| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 299 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Victims of lust -- Medicalized misogyny -- Rape as a weapon of war -- Political allegories -- Abduction in illustrated romances -- Lucretia and the renaisance of rape |
| Summary |
"This book is the first comprehensive study of images of rape in Italian painting at the dawn of the Renaissance. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, Péter Bokody examines depictions of sexual violence in religion, law, medicine, literature, politics, and history writing produced in kingdoms (Sicily and Naples) and city-republics (Florence, Siena, Lucca, Bologna, and Padua). While misogynistic endorsement characterized many of these visual discourses, some urban communities condemned rape in their propaganda against tyranny. Such representations of rape often link gender and aggression to war, abduction, sodomy, prostitution, pregnancy, and suicide. Bokody also traces how the new naturalism in painting, introduced by Giotto, increased verisimilitude, but also fostered imagery that coupled eroticism and violation. Exploring images and texts that have long been overlooked, Bokody's study provides new insights at the intersection of gender, policy, and visual culture, with evident relevance to our contemporary condition"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 03, 2023) |
| Subject |
Rape in art.
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Sex crimes in art.
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Painting, Italian -- Themes, motives
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Painting, Renaissance -- Italy -- Themes, motives
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Art -- Political aspects -- Italy -- History -- To 1500
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Art and society -- Italy -- History -- To 1500
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Art and society
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Art -- Political aspects
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Painting, Italian -- Themes, motives
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Painting, Renaissance -- Themes, motives
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Rape in art
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Sex crimes in art
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Italy
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2022041544 |
| ISBN |
9781009122528 |
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1009122525 |
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9781009302296 |
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1009302299 |
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