The Imagery and Politics of Sexual Violence in Early Renaissance Italy

Péter Bokody (University of Plymouth)

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English

Cambridge University Press
26 January 2023

Renaissance art; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700; Social & cultural history; Religious aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships; Sexual abuse & harassment

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). Whilst 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.

By: Péter Bokody (University of Plymouth)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 260mm, Width: 182mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 800g
ISBN: 9781009100687
ISBN 10: 1009100688
Pages: 300
Publication Date: 26 January 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction; 2. Victims of lust; 3. Medicalized misogyny; 4. Rape as a weapon of war; 5. Political allegories; 6. Abduction in illustrated romances; 7. Lucretia and the renaissance rape.

Péter Bokody is Associate Professor of Art History in the School of Society and Culture at the University of Plymouth. He is the author of Images-within-Images in Italian Painting (1250–1350): Reality and Reflexivity (Routledge, 2016) and the co-editor of Renaissance Metapainting (Harvey Miller Publishers, 2020).