The imagery and politics of sexual violence in early Renaissance Italy

"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 kin...

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Main Author: Bokody, Péter (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY Port Melbourne, Australia New Delhi, India Singapore Cambridge University Press 2023
In:Year: 2023
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Keywords:
Rape in art
Sex crimes in art
Painting, Italian > Themes, motives
Painting, Renaissance > Italy > Themes, motives
Art > Political aspects > Italy > History > To 1500
Art and society > Italy > History > To 1500
Italien > Vergewaltigung > Motiv > Sexualisierte Gewalt > Motiv > Kunst > Geschichte 1400-1500
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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"--
Item Description:Enthält Literaturverzeichnis und Index
Physical Description:viii, 299 Seiten, Illustrationen
ISBN:9781009100687
9781009113977