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Images of Rape: The 'Heroic' Tradition and Its Alternatives
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Images of Rape: The 'Heroic' Tradition and Its Alternatives Hardcover - 1999

by Diane Wolfthal


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Images of Rape: The "Heroic" Tradition and its Alternatives is the first in-depth exploration of rape as it has been portrayed in Western art from the twelfth through the seventeenth centuries. Examining the full range of representations, from those that glorify rape to those that condemn it, Diane Wolfthal illuminates the complex web of attitudes toward sexual violence that existed in the medieval and early modern society. She makes her case using a range of visual documentation, including picture Bibles, law treatises, justice paintings, war prints, and the manuscripts of Christine de Pizan.

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  • Title Images of Rape: The 'Heroic' Tradition and Its Alternatives
  • Author Diane Wolfthal
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 302
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
  • Date 1999-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780521583114 / 052158311X
  • Weight 2.21 lbs (1.00 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.33 x 7.35 x 0.98 in (26.24 x 18.67 x 2.49 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Art, Medieval, Art, Renaissance
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98024492
  • Dewey Decimal Code 704.949