Portraying Pregnancy

Holbein to Social Media

Karen Hearn

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English

Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd
24 January 2020

Theory of art; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Human figures depicted in art

Though many early modern women spent much of their lives in a state of pregnancy, their pregnancies are seldom made apparent in surviving portraits. Comprising material from the fifteenth century to the present day, Portraying Pregnancy considers the different ways in which a sitter's pregnancy was, or was not, visibly represented to the viewer. Over a span of more than five hundred years, art historian Karen Hearn looks at representations of pregnancy through the ages and interrogates how the social mores and preoccupations of different periods affected the ways in which pregnant women were visually depicted. Exploring different religious, cultural, and historical settings, Hearn reveals how portrayals of pregnancy have changed over time and across contexts. Some portraits reinforce an ""ideal"" female role while others celebrate fertility or assert shock value. Eighty color images accompany Hearn's extensive and illuminating history, including painted portraits, drawings, miniatures, prints, photographs, sculpture, textiles, and objects.

By: Karen Hearn
Imprint: Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 260mm, Width: 210mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 481g
ISBN: 9781911300809
ISBN 10: 1911300806
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 24 January 2020
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Karen Hearn is an exhibition curator and a historian of British art and culture.

Reviews for Portraying Pregnancy: Holbein to Social Media

Exploring the often wildly inventive ways in which artists in Britain have variously sought to hide, flaunt or spoof the pregnant form in art, from medieval times to the present day, Portraying Pregnancy is as beautiful as it is surprising. --The Telegraph