Early Modern Visual Allegory

Embodying Meaning

Cristelle Baskins, Lisa Rosenthal

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Routledge
27 September 2007

Renaissance art; Art Treatments & Subjects

"The first book in over twenty-five years devoted solely to allegory and personification in art history, this anthology complements current literary and cultural studies of allegory. The volume re-examines early modern allegorical imagery in light of crucial material, contextual and methodological questions: how are allegories conceived; for whom; and for what purposes? Contributors consider a wide range of allegorical representations in the visual arts and material culture, of both early modern Europe and the colonial ""New World"" 1400-1800.

Essays included here examine paintings, sculpture, prints, architecture and the spaces of public ritual while discussing the process and theory of interpretation, formation of audiences, reception history, appropriation and censorship. A special focus on the medium of the body in visual allegory unites the volume's diverse materials and methods."

Edited by: Cristelle Baskins, Lisa Rosenthal
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 816g
ISBN: 9780754657606
ISBN 10: 0754657604
Pages: 316
Publication Date: 27 September 2007
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Cristelle Baskins is Associate Professor of Art History at Tufts University, USA. Lisa Rosenthal is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. Laura Camille Agoston, Christiane Hertel, Oscar E. Vasquez, Paul H.D. Kaplan, Cristell Baskins, Medina Lasansky, Evelyn Lincoln, Margit Thofner, Jane Kromm, Erica Naginski, Lisa Rosenthal, Mary Sheriff, Carolyn Dean.

Reviews for Early Modern Visual Allegory: Embodying Meaning

’Each of the essays makes a valuable contribution to our thinking about the potential and the instability of allegory. The broad scope of these case studies, which span the sixteenth through the early twentieth centuries, counts among the strengths of the volume, as the reader is challenged to compare and reconsider the nature of visual allegories over nearly five centuries of the visual tradition in Europe, as well as in the New World. Not only do the essays remind us of the playfulness of allegory, but they also expand our appreciation of the broader visual culture that shaped both the making and the interpretation of allegorical images in the early modern era.’ Renaissance Quarterly