Bidspirit auction | Early Modern Visual Allegory: Embodying

Early Modern Visual Allegory: Embodying Meaning by Cristelle Baskins (Editor), Lisa Rosenthal (Editor) - Great Britain: Ashgate, 2007. 298 pp., il., 24.2 by 16 cm Ex-Library book, but otherwise in very good condition with some wear to the dust jacket. 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. English Edition. Rare to find & sold out book.