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Zusatztext "[A] slender! provocative volume. . . . Miles has delivered a careful analysis that will prove essential and an enjoyable read." Informationen zum Autor Margaret R. Miles is Emerita Professor at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley! California. She is author of The Word Made Flesh: A History of Christian Thought; Image as Insight: Visual Understanding in Western Christianity and Secular Culture; Carnal Knowing: Female Nakedness and Religious Meaning in the Christian West; Reading for Life: Beauty! Pluralism! and Responsibility! and Seeing and Believing: Religion and Values in the Movies . Klappentext " A Complex Delight is the work of a seasoned and mature scholar offering us a careful and nuanced study that pushes us into a new territory of reflection while providing an exciting way of looking at the subject. The work will make a vital contribution to the historical analysis of culture and religion. This book is a wonderful intellectual and visual romp that will spark the imagination and satisfy the mind's quest for fresh historical understanding."-Wilson Yates! Professor Emeritus of Religion! Art and Society! United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities "Margaret Miles' interdisciplinary study of the 'concealing and revealing' of the breast in art during the Renaissance and Baroque styles weaves together relevant issues in the history of art and theology. She offers a study grounded in solid research with informed commentary and her handling of the textual and visual evidence from these cultures is objective! respectful and decorous. This book will be of considerable interest to students of the visual culture! religious imagery! and social history of Early Modern Europe."-Heidi J. Hornik! Professor of Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art History! Baylor University Zusammenfassung Looking at painting and sculpture from the fourteenth through the eighteenth centuries, this work focuses on the symbolism of the female breast to open an interpretive view of Western European history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: The Secularization of the Breast PART ONE: THE RELIGIOUS BREAST Chapter 2: The Virgin's One Bare Breast Chapter 3: Mary Magdalen's Penitent Breast PART TWO: THE SECULAR BREAST Chapter 4: The Anatomical Breast Chapter 5: The Pornographic Breast Afterword: A Complex Delight Select Bibliography List of Illustrations Index ...
