Description |
1 online resource (385 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
Series |
Visual and material culture, 1300-1700 |
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Visual and material culture, 1300-1700.
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Contents |
Violence and virtue in Poussin's representations of women -- Poussin's women: cultural and social frames -- Paintings and drawings |
Summary |
This book examines the paintings and drawings of the well-known seventeenth-century French painter Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) from a gender studies perspective, focusing on a critical analysis of his representations of women. The book's thematic chapters investigate Poussin's women in their roles as predators, as lustful or the objects of lust, as lovers, killers, victims, heroines, or models of virtue. Poussin's paintings reflect issues of gender within his social situation as he consciously or unconsciously articulated its conflicts and assumptions. A gender studies approach brings to light new critical insights that illuminate how the artist represented women, both positively and negatively, within the framework in his seventeenth-century culture. This book covers the artist's works from Classical mythology, Roman history, Tasso, and the Bible. It serves as a good overview of Poussin as an artist, discussing the latest research and including new interpretations of his major works |
Analysis |
Nicolas Poussin, Poussin, Women, Gender, Paintings, History of Art |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-370) and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 04, 2020) |
Subject |
Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665 -- Criticism and interpretation
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SUBJECT |
Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665 fast |
Subject |
Women in art.
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Painting, French -- 17th century
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Gender identity in art.
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Sex in art.
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Art and design styles: Baroque.
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Gender studies: women.
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ART -- History -- Baroque & Rococo.
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Gender identity in art
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Painting, French
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Sex in art
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Women in art
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Paintings and painting.
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Paintings and painting in oils.
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History of art.
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9789048552382 |
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9048552389 |
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