Gender, politics, and allegory in the art of Rubens / Lisa Rosenthal.

Author/creator Rosenthal, Lisa, 1954-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Descriptionxiv, 312 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects

Contents List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Rubens, allegory, and art-historical method -- The Parens patriae: kingship and fatherhood -- Manhood and statehood: Rubens's construction of heroic virtue -- Hercules's distaff: marriage, masculinity, and the pleasures of disempowerment -- Making peace: concord, allegory and violence -- Self-portraiture and the place of paternity -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected bibliography.
Review "Gender, Politics, and Allegory in the Art of Rubens examines the intertwined relationship between paintings of family and marriage, and of war, peace, and statehood by the Flemish master. Drawing extensively upon recent critical and gender theory, Lisa Rosenthal reshapes our view of Rubens's works and of the interpretive practices through which we engage them. Close readings offer new interpretations of canonical images while bringing into view other powerful works that are less familiar. The focus on gender enables an original way of reading visual allegory, giving it a dynamic multivalence undiscovered by traditional iconographic methods."--BOOK JACKET.
Local noteLittle-305131060256W
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 293-305) and index.
LCCN 2005010514
ISBN0521842441 (hardback)
ISBN9780521842440 (hardback)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks ND673.R9 R67 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold