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Images of Plague and Pestilence: Iconography and Iconology (Sixteenth Century Essays & Studies)

Christine M. Boeckl

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Description:Since the late fourteenth century, European artists created an extensive body of images in paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, and other media about the horrors of disease and death, as well as hope and salvation. This interdisciplinary study on disease in a metaphysical context is the first general overview of plague art written from an art historical standpoint. The book selects masterpieces created by Raphael, Titian, Tintoretto, Rubens, Van Dyck, and Poussin, and includes other minor works dating from the fourteenth to twentieth centuries. It highlights the most important innovative artistic works that originated during the Renaissance and the Catholic Reformation. This study of the changing iconographic patterns and their iconological interpretations opens windows to the past.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Images of Plague and Pestilence: Iconography and Iconology (Sixteenth Century Essays & Studies). To get started finding Images of Plague and Pestilence: Iconography and Iconology (Sixteenth Century Essays & Studies), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Since the late fourteenth century, European artists created an extensive body of images in paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, and other media about the horrors of disease and death, as well as hope and salvation. This interdisciplinary study on disease in a metaphysical context is the first general overview of plague art written from an art historical standpoint. The book selects masterpieces created by Raphael, Titian, Tintoretto, Rubens, Van Dyck, and Poussin, and includes other minor works dating from the fourteenth to twentieth centuries. It highlights the most important innovative artistic works that originated during the Renaissance and the Catholic Reformation. This study of the changing iconographic patterns and their iconological interpretations opens windows to the past.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Images of Plague and Pestilence: Iconography and Iconology (Sixteenth Century Essays & Studies). To get started finding Images of Plague and Pestilence: Iconography and Iconology (Sixteenth Century Essays & Studies), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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